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RE: Newer Technology Might Not Sound "Better".....

"Have you priced NOS tubes vs. newer tubes ? Why do you think many covet the older tubes ? It is not simple collectability, my friend."

My 2 cents
I think this grounded in the period from the late 80s when American and European production stopped. EI, RFT (the dirty little secret was that Telefunken was using them to make their tubes) and Tesla at first were dismissed until people were forced to use them as replacements. I got a kick when I started seeing accolades for tubes not too far previous were dismissed as third world cast offs. New tubes for awhile, Soviet or Chinese, for the most part were mediocre to fair with many many build issues.
New tubes today are becoming very good especially in light of the cost of old stock. So don't be so much in a hurry to make such broad assumptions.



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