From: pallison49@gmail.com   
      
   et...@whidbey.com wrote:   
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   > I have always like exposed tube equipment. Since I was a little   
   > kid. So I have been thinking about getting a small stereo tube amp for   
   > the living room to replace the typical modern amp we have. That no   
   > longer works.   
   >   
      
    ** So you might as well replace it with something completely useless.   
      
      
      
   >   All the modern small amps have outputs of several tens of watts.   
   > But all of the small tube amps I see and remember only have outputs of   
   > less than ten watts. Is there something sneaky about the how the   
   > output of modern amps is rated?   
      
    **  No.   
      
    The Chinese tube amps you are citing are mere toys.   
      
    Ornaments or conversation pieces for oyur desk or mantelpiece.   
      
      
      
   >   
   >    Sorry about the mile long link. Does this amp look any good for the   
   > money?   
      
      
    ** No - its a toy amp.   
      
      
   >  Another long link. There's probably enough info in that link to   
   > describe the position of every particle in the universe. Anyway, I was   
   > just interested in the power tube, the FU32. I have never seen a tube   
   > like that. Is it actually just two tubes in one glass envelope?   
   > Sharing some pins I assume? Anyway, are these types of tubes common?   
   >   
   >   
      
   **  Another toy amp, the Chinese are laughing all the way to the bank.   
      
      
   >   The last thing I was wondering about was what determines the output   
   > power of an amp. Is it just the tubes? Transformers? Or a combination   
   > of tubes and transformers?   
      
      
   ** Totally off with the fairies.   
      
      
   .....     Phil   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)