"Why do these vintage 45 year old tubes look old???" By: Brent Jesse, www.audiotubes.co m NOS tubes: a phrase which will live in infamy. A phrase which has become nearly as meaningless as "world class", "high fidelity" and "factory fresh". There seems to be a mystique about tubes to begin with, as we now have nearly two generations of audiophiles who grew up knowing nothing about tubes. These children of the solid-state revolution perhaps are just now becoming acquainted with these strange glowing glass bottles---heck, not even real glass bottles are glass anymore! To fill one with a light bulb filament, some wire mesh, a little can of metal, and then suck out all the air, and expect it to make sound is like some strange throwback to Victorian times when people were recording sounds on wax and tinfoil. But the retro-cool fascination is there as tube radios and hi-fi systems are making a roaring comeback. Dusty old tube lore is being reprin...
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