Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?

And, 2016 came and went....

Tubes suck. -Lee Deforest⚰️

It is basically a preamp tube, very small directly heated wire cathode so that will have to be DC driven. The gain in circuit is 3.5 where a 12AX7 is typically 50. The max gains are 5 and 100 respectively.

Output distorts badly at 1 volt out and there is little current. I can’t imagine this entering any high end audio circuits, though it will be fun for the guitar players as it distorts and lights up.

There's already product using it other than Korg.

The military has been experimenting with filament-less (cold cathode) tubes in integrated circuits (entire opamps done with cold cathode tubes) for several decades now.

Can’t see de forest for de trees. 😛

Who am I to argue with “de forest.”

tubes suck.  🧟‍♂️🚽🃏

@atmasphere 

I'll have to look up the albums specifically mixed to avoid bass heavy material in the middle of the platter. And we shouldn't be confusing how a piece is mixed with how the format performs. I can't find any source that says vinyl does better than 80dB, while CD does about 96dB, and high quality digital does over 140dB. In fact, from what I'm reading, 70dB is considered by many to be optimistic for vinyl. And of course the medium degrades every time you play it. I just don't like it and there's plenty of reasons not to like it.