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From: jaym@nuchat.UUCP (Jay Maynard)
Newsgroups: rec.audio,sci.electronics
Subject: Re: In defense of solid-state devices
Message-ID: <382@nuchat.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 8-Oct-87 10:32:25 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  8 10:32:25 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 11-Oct-87 08:36:46 EDT
References: <729@alliant.Alliant.COM> <4124@pyr.gatech.EDU> <4128@pyr.gatech.EDU> <4155@pyr.gatech.EDU>
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Summary: GlassFETs strike again!
Xref: mnetor rec.audio:3642 sci.electronics:1536

In article <4155@pyr.gatech.EDU>, kludge@pyr.gatech.EDU (Scott Dorsey) writes:
> 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:
> >> [tubes vs. transistors in the same amp]
> >How about a nice FET in a glass envelope!!!!

I thought that's what tubes were...GlassFETs.

>    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...

There might even be enough to afford that nice new TS-940S you're looking
at. No tubes, either.

(oops...this isn't rec.ham-radio...sorry about that :-)

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