Thursday, September 02, 2010

In a vacuum

OMG- Is that the Starlighters playing?
When's the last time you used a tube tester?
When's the last time you saw vacuum tube electronics for sale?

With real cacuum tubes!

That's right.  4 Watts for $140.00 at Woot.  Whereas today I love the smell of cordite, bourbon and cigar smoke,  I would dearly love to relive  vacuum tube smell, Canoe aftershhve, and Kathy Shinner's perfume.

9/02/2010 08:34:00 AM 12 Comments

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Anonymous said...

Do they still make Canoe? It was my first aftershave, and given to me by the Mrs. Robinson of my youth.

Casca

9/2/10, 9:04 AM
USMC2841 said...

I was stationed in GTMO in 1988 and we still used RT-505B's, which is a tube powered, back carried radio. I came home on leave for my parents 25th anniversary with a pillow case full of tubes and headed to the Rexall drugstore.

9/2/10, 9:10 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

The tubes had been surplussed, one assumes?

9/2/10, 9:29 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

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Canoe
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9/2/10, 9:31 AM
Anonymous said...

Rodge:

You dated Kathy Sinner too?

Cuzzin Rick

9/2/10, 9:42 AM
Rodger the Real King of France said...

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9/2/10, 10:00 AM
Anonymous said...

Russian and Chinese tubes are still available for sale. I use the Russian ones in my Marshall half-stack and Ampeg bass amp. Tube (or valve if you're a Brit) amps are still being made. Tubes just sound better. Solid state has no soul. -- 1911Man

9/2/10, 11:27 AM
MoFiZiX Gr4FiX said...

Was the catch phrase "Canoe Canoe?" or "Can You Canoe?" I could never figure that one out. BTW, 1911Man is right; Last I checked, according to true audiophiles, tubed mono and stereo amplifiers are still some of the most sought after and expensive units on the market today.

9/2/10, 1:48 PM
An ignorant dickweed said...

I also believe that vinyl sounds better than a CD. There was dept to the music on a vinyl record.

9/2/10, 2:09 PM
Anonymous said...

I still wear Canoe. Got a couple bottles left behind when my father passed.

9/2/10, 5:23 PM
Anonymous said...

My husband said he would have proposed earlier if I'd have used bourbon instead of perfume.
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9/2/10, 6:44 PM
Flyfish said...

Tubes are the holy grail for guitarists. I currently have 3 all tube amps and 3 all tube preamps and a box full of 12AX7's, El34's etc. Sadly the most reliable supply is Sovtek. Tubes are also the holy grail for the extreme golden ears audiophiles.

9/3/10, 9:15 AM

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