Why aren't new vacuum tubes as good as or better than old ones? Don't we have purer metals? Precision equipment? Why isn't anyone making the highly regarded 7316s?
Yes but current tube production is not critical to the communications business, like in the past. Tube makers could do better but where is the motivation. Product longevity does not keep the line moving.
"gotta scratch that niche" ..nice It seems as if more and more tube products are now out there compared to 15-20 years ago so, while still not huge in the market I do think it is growing .AND, as Wolf_Garcia stated "how many tube guitar amps are out there?". quite alot I'd imagine. So maybe there would be some incentive to MFG some quality Tubes eventually.
Here is stuff I have that needs Tubes; Stereo- Schiit Audio Freya Primaluna Prologue 5
Geetar Related- Dr Z Rt 66 Head Egnator Rebel 20 Head Egnator Tweaker Head Peavey JSX Mini Colossal Combo Peavey 6505 Piranha Head Gibson/Kalamazoo Model 1 Combo JetCity JCA20 Combo Combo Blackstar HT1 Head Orange Micro Terror Head Orange Micro Dark Terror Head Vox AC4T1 head and combo Epiphone Valve JR 5 watt head VHT Special 6 head [2 of them] Blackheart Handsome Devil 15 watt head Blackheart Little Giant 5 watt head Blackheart Killer Ant 1 watt heads[3 of those!,2 modified]
So,that's around 22 things around the house that use Tubes. A few are only using tubes in the preamp section and all the others are all tube so I am all for increased MFG of quality tubes
I suggest you try what Billy Gibbons allegedly did with a bunch of amps...his crew piled them up in a sort of large box configuration and stuck a mic in the middle of the heap...not sure how it sounded but hey, why not?
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