I see that. And I hope I wasn't patronizing! It's just that they are such different beasts. And what is a tube sound anyway? One would never believe my 1960s push-pull amps were tube if one thought tubes were warm and lush. I have had sand amps that were like that.
Nuvista Tubes - General
May I have opinions please on the pluses and minuses of Nuvista tubes versus vacuum tubes? Supposedly and from the basic homework I've done, Nuvista tubes purportedly offer high reliability, low microphony, low noise, consistency, and small size compared to their vacuum counterparts. So what's the down side?
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Interesting bit of info as well that MF went to the trivistor when the Nuvistors dried up.Musical Fidelity time-line http://www.musicalfidelity.com/about-us/timeline confirms that nuvista 1997 and trivista 2002, but why then (seeking speculation) would their current amplifier offerings utilize nuvistor tubes instead of trivistor? |
This is old stuff gd. As far as production quantities go, you take what you can get. So if you want to make 300 preamps you need to find the appropriate amount of tubes. As George pointed out, they get their tubes at military surplus auctions. You may find a load of Nuvistors one day and a load of trivistors another. When you are buying old stuff you are at the mercy of the market place. |
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