Comments on: Bell Labs – The Transistor https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/bell-labs-the-transistor/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 05:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/bell-labs-the-transistor/#comment-1108778 Thu, 04 Feb 2021 05:39:46 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72817#comment-1108778 I got started in tube radios because I needed them for the cars I was rebuilding.

I got lucky and found an older gentleman who showed me how to get them working.

Since them i have been collecting home models that could be repaired. They make nice working furniture.

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/bell-labs-the-transistor/#comment-1108725 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 20:25:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72817#comment-1108725 Good video. Yes, vacuum tubes are still used today for radio amplifiers, but those days are coming close to an end with the LDMOS amplifiers. The only place I can buy tubes are either from Russia or with questionable quality from China. No more New Old Stock (NOS) U.S. tubes can be found anymore.

Yes, there is a difference in sound quality between tubes and transistors. In school I was told about this difference and one of my teachers demonstrated this, but I could not hear the difference. All I thought of was that area of that knee voltage of the push-pull amplifier and I could not hear it. Later in my career, a fellow co-worker who is an audiophile demonstrated the difference again, but he used various types of music to show the ‘warmth’ of the sound vs. a transistor type radio. I did finally hear the difference.

]]> By: Phill O https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/bell-labs-the-transistor/#comment-1108721 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 19:37:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72817#comment-1108721 Now, that is dating me!

]]> By: Kevin R. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/bell-labs-the-transistor/#comment-1108686 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 14:17:37 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72817#comment-1108686 Valves still have their place in music production and listening; they add a rich harmonic structure that gives a fuller body to sound.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/the-evening-pause/bell-labs-the-transistor/#comment-1108631 Wed, 03 Feb 2021 05:35:03 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=72817#comment-1108631 I still like my tube radios.

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