[time-nuts] Nuts and Phoolery

J. Forster jfor at quik.com
Mon Jul 5 01:29:43 UTC 2010


I don't personally collect tube Tek scopes, but many do. It's better than
seeing them stripped for 12AX7s and 6DJ8s for some silly amp, IMO.

-John

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> I don't know if old Tek scopes are exactly endangered. I know someone
> who has quite a few scopes and plugins. If you want some of these
> space heaters, I'll put you in touch with him.
>
> Joe Gray
> W5JG
>
> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 5:16 PM, J. Forster <jfor at quik.com> wrote:
>> Sadly, the Audiophool nuttery has real collateral damage.
>>
>> Many of the very silly tube amps use transmitting tubes that are no
>> longer
>> in production. Audiophools are buying up WW II radios and Tektronix
>> scopes
>> to strip them for their tubes.
>>
>> The Audiphools are like those who get a kick on dining on endangered
>> species.
>>
>> FWIW,
>>
>> -John
>
>






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