Chatterbox Spring 2022 - Trains Magazine

Both Cajon/Hesperia cams have been down for two days, dangit.

EDIT: UP Lordsburg sub is temporarily closed due to Amtrak passenger incident just east of Willcox.

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Is it still true that most vacuum tubes now originate in Russia?

Not likely. Visit your nearest Guitar Center or Sam Ash store to inspect the box. One brand originates in SoCal, not sure of where it is made.

As far as superior tonal quality, call me skeptical. The tubes above are advertised for rectifier replacement (interestingly not preamp section). Barring supply chain issues, todays semiconductor component options are impressive compared to my 50 y/o college radio days when we designed and built our own [analog] amplifiers; they were better and cheaper than commercial amps.

EDIT: just recalled that back in the day Russian tech was pretty impressive. When the MIG-25 Foxbat was inspected c.1976 it was found that the radar system was entirely tube based with good performance.