XS11E wrote:
> "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote:
>
>> There's just no good reason to abandon working systems with
>> billions of users just because a shiny new system comes along.
>
> I recall touring a VERY old (since 1921) AM radio station and one of
> the people asked the engineer why they still used tube type
> transmitters, the answer was, "Because it works, why would anyone spend
> the money to replace it?"
>

The audio quality of tube equipment is quite phenomenal. At least in
the realm of hifi.