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From: kludge@pyr.gatech.EDU (Scott Dorsey)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: In defense of solid-state devices
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Date: Sat, 3-Oct-87 12:57:02 EDT
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In article <1941@vice.TEK.COM> georgep@vice.TEK.COM (George Pell) writes:
>In article <1996@potomac.UUCP>, jtn@potomac.UUCP (John T. Nelson) writes:
>> So can't amplifiers be constructed so that they use the best
>> attributes of both tubes and transistors?  Are the two technologies so
>> mutually exclusive that an amp must be either one or the other?
>How about a nice FET in a glass envelope!!!!

   Hm..   It's almost like a nuvistor in reverse.  We could call them
'Oldvistors.'  Sell a lot to high-end audio people.  Make a lot of
money, then retire to the Bahamas and buy a Kenwood.  Yeah...



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