In Reply to: How reliable have your SET or SE tube amps been? posted by RGA on April 13, 2016 at 23:37:05:
"My question to customers who disparage valve amplifiers is always, "OK, so how many 20 - 30 year old transistor amplifiers can you mention that have any value (meaning someone will actually pay money for it)?" in general there is no answer to this question, as most of these amplifiers are gone long before they get this old, now the next question is "So how many 30 - 40 year old valve amplifiers can you mention that people would buy now?" This list becomes quite extensive - depending on how knowledgeable whoever is answering the question is - Quad, Radford, Leak, Marantz, Fisher, Harman-Kardon, and so many others, so what we can conclude is that while fashion favours more modern technology, time tells the opposite story, which is partly why we make the products we make."
PQ. from the article 'PETER QVORTRUP TALKS THREE-MOTOR TURNTABLES: AUDIO NOTE UK 2016, FACTORY PHOTOS & NEW SPEAKERS', https://parttimeaudiophile.com/2016/01/13/qa-with-audio-note-uks-peter-qvortrup/
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- "while fashion favours more modern technology, time tells the opposite story" - jusbe 06:46:29 04/16/16 (0)