Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember very vividly that in about 1966, the best vacuum tubes ever made were produced by RCA and Raytheon and GE. Their quality in electronic devices was breathtaking. I was a college freshman at the time, studying physics and electrical engineering. There were these piece-of-crap transistors like the 2N107 trying to compete with gorgeous top-of-the-line vacuum tubes like the 6AU7. No contest. My parents didn't understand the value of my vacuum tube collection and threw it away while I was away at college. They missed one 7C24 tube, which I still have, and it's as beautiful a lump of glass as you can imagine. Sigh.