[BC] tube sound (tube transmitters)

[Bailey, Scott]

Oh by the way, show a 4-400A tube to the kids on MTV's Reality Show, and
they will freak out!

I realize a Collins 20V is much more pretty than a BE AM-1A, but lets
get real, anybody with any sense would take the BE over the Collins any
day for every day or 24/7 use!

Scott

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I agree.

At this point, solid state technology runs rings over tubes.
When someone asks me whether they should refurbish an old (console,
transmitter, etc.) vs buying new, I reply: "One way or another,
eventually
you're going to spend the $$." An old TX is like an old car, one that
you've
changed the oil every 3000 miles so the engine is still good. Problem is
that
things just plain wear out, and the old car is going to require more
repairs
then a new one would. That's a fact with cars, transmitters, consoles,
etc.
Eventually, you're going to have to bite the bullet and replace,
probably in
an unplanned situation. If you wait, you'll lose the advantage that the
new
unit provides today.

I'm not making the decision, just  advising.

-D



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Received: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:23:30 PM PDT
From: "Bailey, Scott" <SBailey at nespower.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: RE: [BC] tube sound (tube transmitters)


Well Willie,
   Some folks are just stuck in the past. We, as the masses, do not
listen to tube type radios any more and haven't for a many number of
years. So why bother transmitting with a tube rig? Oh don't get me
wrong, I love the glow of a 4-400A, but it's days in commercial radio
are gone, with the exception of a few small station owners that flat
refuse to let it go, scared of newer technology. 

Scott 



Willie responded -
 >I can't see how an old transmitter can actually sound better than a
modern
 >one. That's interesting!

I think it is a subjective thing, sort of like folks who still prefer 
records or carts to CD's. There is a warmth
and coloring to the audio that modern digital equipment doesn't have, 
because it generally is flat and clean.

We use to prefer the sound of our old 1942 RCA 1K over the 1950 BTA5F.
When 
we really wanted to enjoy
the sound of the station we would switch to the 1K for "testing" during
the 
evening hours. That was the
transmitters undoing as it was on the air when we took a direct
lightning 
hit. Replaced with an MW-5A.
Just not the same at all.

Randy Shaffer
Harrisburg, PA

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