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Originally Posted by gadget73
Tube equipment is more "alive" than solid state. It has to warm up, it drifts and floats a little bit, and occasionally requires a little work under the hood to keep it going. They tend to not be dead on precise like a digital display, so there is a bit of user interaction required to get the intended results. I think thats part of the allure, the need to actually operate the radio. I get some of that out of analog tuned solid state units, but a tube set just has a certain something to it.
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I think You hit it! It's as they say about steam locomotives verses modern diesel engines where the say the steam locomotives are breathing machines that have personality. These old radios, at least mine, seems to impart a sort of personality characteristic that is attributable to generations of operating. You sort of have to coax them into their groove.
