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I can think of one other reason: Tubes can be beautifull. They glow. They literally give warmth. Tuning a radio with a cat-eye can be an irritating back-and-
by hyperman1 4y ago
I can think of one other reason: Tubes can be beautifull. They glow. They literally give warmth. Tuning a radio with a cat-eye can be an irritating back-and-forth exercise, but the thing just reacts lovely to the tuning knob. Transistors and digital electronics never give that sight.
In fact, I might one day buy a tube radio where the tubes do absolutely nothing to the sound ;-)
- agumonkey 4y agoAnd there's something non quantitative about sound sometimes. A LP might cracks and pops but I still feel happier with that than a 24bit high bitrate ogg/vorbis
- nomilk 4y agoIf the room's dark enough a subtle orange glow can also be appreciated.
- dekhn 4y agoThe only tube I have is a glow tube (VR75). I hooked it up to a variac and demonstrate it occasionally. I'd love to work with dekatrons (my initials are DEK) but they are high voltage which scares me. And learning about the history of all the various tubes is a great way to understand modern physics.