Tube guilt

astouffer · 24th November 2007, 06:02 AM

Does anyone ever feel guilty about building amps with tubes knowing they are a finite resource? Lately I've been looking into oddball tv tubes and compactrons instead of the usual numbers.

rdf · 24th November 2007, 06:57 AM

Nope.

Brett · 24th November 2007, 07:29 AM

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Originally posted by astouffer
Does anyone ever feel guilty about building amps with tubes knowing they are a finite resource? Lately I've been looking into oddball tv tubes and compactrons instead of the usual numbers.

Not likely. Plenty of other things to worry over. Maybe taking up self flagellation as a hobby would be more direct.

fauxpas · 24th November 2007, 08:51 AM

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Originally posted by astouffer
Does anyone ever feel guilty about building amps with tubes knowing they are a finite resource?

How finite exactly?

EC8010 · 24th November 2007, 09:29 AM

No. It is our responsibility to gain the benefit from the resources our fathers expended in making those valves.

kaan · 24th November 2007, 09:30 AM

My guess is that they are just as finite as iPods and Nokia phones.

fauxpas · 24th November 2007, 09:37 AM

I should feel more guilt over driving my car... it's 2007 and we all should be driving electric cars and trains should be all magnetic tracks...

Truly, the valve amp is the only decadent thing in my life. When I build up the guts to make my own, that'll be the 2nd...

Geek · 24th November 2007, 09:39 AM

Nope. Gimme an odball TV tube anyday

SY · 24th November 2007, 11:48 AM

AFAIK, tubes are still made, especially the "usual numbers."

By this philosophy, I should give up vintage wine since each vintage is a finite resource. That's gonna be a tough sell chez moi.

bigwill · 24th November 2007, 12:07 PM

What use is a tube in its box? Make the most of them! Just don't waste the special ones in places where their benefit will not be needed

24th November 2007, 06:02 AM	#1
astouffer diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Pittsburgh, crumbling wasteland	Tube guilt Does anyone ever feel guilty about building amps with tubes knowing they are a finite resource? Lately I've been looking into oddball tv tubes and compactrons instead of the usual numbers.

24th November 2007, 06:57 AM	#2
rdf diyAudio Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: the thermionic past	Nope. __________________ Blame the Manichaeists

24th November 2007, 09:29 AM	#5
EC8010 diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Near London. UK	No. It is our responsibility to gain the benefit from the resources our fathers expended in making those valves. __________________ The loudspeaker: The only commercial Hi-Fi item where a disproportionate part of the budget isn't spent on the box. And the one where it would make a difference...

24th November 2007, 11:48 AM	#9
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Austin, TX Blog Entries: 1	AFAIK, tubes are still made, especially the "usual numbers." By this philosophy, I should give up vintage wine since each vintage is a finite resource. That's gonna be a tough sell chez moi. __________________ "...we stumble and get up, we are sad, confident, insecure, feel loneliness and joy and love. There is nothing more; but I want nothing more.” - Christopher Hitchens 1949-2011

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24th November 2007, 09:30 AM	#6
kaan diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2007	My guess is that they are just as finite as iPods and Nokia phones.

24th November 2007, 09:37 AM	#7
fauxpas diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2007	I should feel more guilt over driving my car... it's 2007 and we all should be driving electric cars and trains should be all magnetic tracks... Truly, the valve amp is the only decadent thing in my life. When I build up the guts to make my own, that'll be the 2nd...

24th November 2007, 09:39 AM	#8
Geek diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2004	Nope. Gimme an odball TV tube anyday

24th November 2007, 12:07 PM	#10
bigwill diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: UK	What use is a tube in its box? Make the most of them! Just don't waste the special ones in places where their benefit will not be needed

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