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No, the writer is quite technically astute and meant that the vacuum
tube circuits with their chokes, coils, etc. were ELECTRICALLY noisy.
But knowing that their audience wouldn't have a clue (as the editor
didn't either) and so cut all that out so that it just said that the
vacuum tubes were noisy (since the editor's only exposure to vacuum
tubes are at their bank's drive-in).
</extreme sarcasm>
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I sioncerely doubt if that editor has any comprehension of a vacuum
tube. He's probably young enough to be a son to many of us.
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