[Amps] Solid State Amps

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

<<Plenty of melted gold, maybe not tiny balls, more like puddles>>

Wow!  If there is that much gold in 8877's... it makes me think I should 
start mining them!

Sincerely,

Dr. William J. Schmidt, II  K9HZ
Trustee of the North American QRO - Central Division Club - K9ZC

Email: bill at wjschmidt.com
WebPage: www.wjschmidt.com

"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee; that 
will do them in."  -- Bradley's Bromide


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Thompson" <g8gsq at ic24.net>
To: "k7fm" <k7fm at teleport.com>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Solid State Amps


> On Friday 08 April 2005 14:29, k7fm wrote:
>> I have a big concern for this forum when the solid state amps finally
>> replace the tubes.
>
> I think your fears are unfounded.
>>
>> Some amp experts will have to start over with remedies.  I mean 
>> transistors
>> do not have gold melt balls rolling around inside.
>
> Plenty of melted gold, maybe not tiny balls, more like puddles....
>
>>  Custom wound parasitic
>> suppressors, formed during a full moon, will no longer be needed.
>
> But magic will still be needed.
>>
>> Will there be enough sudden failures of transistors to start a new
>> religion?
>
> Absolutely, categorically, cast iron guaranteed! In fact, folks will 
> remember
> tubes for being boringly predictable.
>
>>And, what will the major manufacturers fail to do to protect the
>> masses from this event?  Will an eastern religion become the basis for
>> transistor amplifier problem prevention?
>>
>> I guess since parasitics are invisible, they will always be a topic for
>> dicsussion.  Sometimes, when transistor amps are unstable, we look for 
>> the
>> right combination of bypass caps to help us out, so that will give us 
>> some
>> latitude in future discussions.
>
> You see, magic already.....
>
> Steve
>
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