[Hallicrafters] Re: Hallicrafters [What's Next]

[Wormchile at aol.com]

I transfer old LP's and other records to CD. In the process, I eliminate 
unwanted noise using  digital filtering software. My current software has a 
feature called a "Virtual Valve Amplifier", wherein the characteristics of a 
number of tube amplifiers have been digitally captured and may be used to 
adjust the quality of the  .WAV file before burning the CD, if the user so 
desires. To me, this seems a better alternative than adding to the computer's 
heat load with some tubes. Furthermore, I doubt if the average human ear 
really has the capability to hear the so-called "warmth" or "glow" associated 
with a tube amplifier. These notions exist only in the mind of the purist or 
romantic. An excellent discussion of this topic can be found in the Letters 
section of the Winter 2003 issue of "American Heritage of Invention & 
Technology" in the form of a letter from Wayne Chou, founder and former CEO 
of C/M Laboratories.

Keep up a most enjoyable forum.

Jim Mandelik
Mentor, OH