edwardthern wrote: > Were vacuum tubes initially designed for audio? Not that it is in any way relevant, but actually yes. First as detectors (diodes) in radio receivers, and then as amplifiers (triodes) in radio receivers and telephone systems.
'Okamura, Sōgo (1994). History of Electron Tubes' (https://books.google.com/books?id=VHFyngmO95YC&pg=PA21&dq=Audion+triode) "To try to judge the real from the false will always be hard. In this fast-growing art of 'high fidelity' the quackery will bear a solid gilt edge that will fool many people" - Paul W Klipsch, 1953 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42050 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=106593 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
