I've not been lurking the WE web site for a while and this morning I noticed it is all new. And they carry an amplifier, a RIAA preamp, a CD player, the old 755, tubes and more.
So, what's going on there? Hopes to see this brand back in the business?
Western Electric - Official Home Page
So, what's going on there? Hopes to see this brand back in the business?
Western Electric - Official Home Page
May be. As old analog technologies like LP are coming back, why not them?
I hope any time compactron tubes came back into production, there was very interesting combos in them. Like a 12AU7 plus 1/2 12AX7 or vice versa, with the save of one heater consumption.
I hope any time compactron tubes came back into production, there was very interesting combos in them. Like a 12AU7 plus 1/2 12AX7 or vice versa, with the save of one heater consumption.
They have come and gone repeatedly over the past couple of decades. The site may or may not be a promise of things to come, one can hope.
I used the WE 300B in one my products in the late 1990s, early 2000s time frame and was a good performer in the product.
Just had a look, nice site, and new business address.
I used the WE 300B in one my products in the late 1990s, early 2000s time frame and was a good performer in the product.
Just had a look, nice site, and new business address.
You mean somebody who bought the WE *brand* is now sticking it on some products, which they might make or not ? (most probbly some outsourced OEM product)
Why I don´t find this exciting or new?
Any relation to long defunct real WE?
Think again 😉
Why I don´t find this exciting or new?
Any relation to long defunct real WE?
Think again 😉
Charles Whitener licensed WE and Westrex from Western Electric more than 2 decades ago. The tooling used to make the tubes is original WE, and when I was buying the tubes materials were too; these days I don't really know what is going on. The company has relocated a number of times over the past couple of decades with long periods of inactivity being relatively common.
I heard they stopped production when stock of materials was exhausted.
I'd like to see a reasonably priced WE 300B (and others) as many out there are manufacturing and selling them.
Hard to know exactly what to make of this section of new website
Western Electric - Hi-Fi Audio News and Events
but a quick contact to Tim should put it all in perspective
Press Contacts: Tim Walsh
Western Electric
Office🙁404)-352- 2000
Cell: 781-929- 7657
twalsh@westernelectric.com
I must say these look very refined, understated and elegant, but with 8 of the new production 300B per channel, I suspect the entire product line will be of the "sir, if you have to ask ....." variety.
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weight - 165lbs per channel
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