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Back to the future - new vacuum tube production
PaulAm:
Western Electric seems to be exploring expanding vacuum tube production. They currently manufacture the 300b, a $700 four pin triode (introduced in 1938) but they're also looking at making other types for audio and guitar amp use, possibly at a somewhat lower price point..
https://www.westernelectric.com/blog/expand
There was also an article on the local news last night on expanding production of vinyl record production equipment.
What's next? Shag carpeting?
PartialDischarge:
--- Quote from: PaulAm on March 25, 2022, 04:12:20 pm ---What's next? Shag carpeting?
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Taking pictures with film and wasting the time and money to develop them
daqq:
See: https://www.daliborfarny.com/
Yeah, people are making tubes again. For niche markets, but still awesome.
james_s:
--- Quote from: PaulAm on March 25, 2022, 04:12:20 pm ---Western Electric seems to be exploring expanding vacuum tube production. They currently manufacture the 300b, a $700 four pin triode (introduced in 1938) but they're also looking at making other types for audio and guitar amp use, possibly at a somewhat lower price point..
https://www.westernelectric.com/blog/expand
There was also an article on the local news last night on expanding production of vinyl record production equipment.
What's next? Shag carpeting?
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Shag carpeting will come back into fashion sooner or later, most things do. I actually quite like it, reminds me of my grandmother's house when I was a kid, probably wouldn't put it in my house due to practical reasons though.
Vinyl record sales have been higher recently than in many years, about half the music I buy today is on vinyl. Analog photography is making a comeback, some people are seeing the value in owning a physical possession rather than just a collection of bits. Vacuum tubes are neat and never really went away, I'm happy to see production increasing although I'm certainly not the target market for a $700 tube.
TimFox:
With respect to film: I use large-format sheet film on 4x5 inch and 8x10 inch view cameras.
On a beautiful summer morning, I was photographing a cityscape near the Wrigley Building at the Chicago River with my (huge) 8x10 monorail camera, when a tourist stopped to chat and he asked me how many megapixels I had.
I did a quick mental calculation, and replied "roughly 500". Checking later, using the specifications on Kodak E100G transparency film and the resolution on my lens, I found that I was reasonably close.
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