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In Reply to: RE: 6SN7 and the VT231 designation. posted by Mechans on September 17, 2015 at 07:19:39
Why stop?They're called transistors and circuit boards, miniaturization, lighter loads, reliability, production speed, cost savings.
"I can't compete with the dead". (Buck W. 2010)
Edits: 09/18/15Follow Ups:
Western Electric didn't stop production of the 300b until the military stopped buying them in 1988.
Just saying....
Tre'
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Yes I recognized the advent of the transistor by saying it would have lasted until the early Vietnam war era. It did not even get though the Korea "conflict" wouldn't that have required tighter spec tubes as well. It is unlikely that they changed the machines to make the VT-231 tubes, I would think they might have been selected by various quality control stations along the way of manufacture. Just guessing...
In any event you and I agree that any improvement in building the tubes didn't translate into any obvious change in sound quality.
Steve
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