§ <tdstr@foadspammer.com> wrote:

> 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.

We're talking AM radio here, I'm not sure audio quality is something
they really care about.... ;-)




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