Tube takeover

whats the article say, requires a login, which i'm not willing to do.
thanxs
paul

I guess I didn't realize that only three companies in the world manufactured tubes. I realize that guitar tube amps or audiophile amps, preamps, etc are products used by a minority of the population, but it seems that would be an open market that could be filled by someone industrious or by an existing high end company.

We need to resurrect all those talented Americanski tubemakers from the 1940s.

There are no longer the American women with the knowledge of how to make them, as evidenced by Westrex.

Get your NOS while you can; and if you care about your grandkids, lay in a supply for them.

Bartokfan and others,

For those of you who can't log in to the Times site, try this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/business/worldbusiness/16cheat.html?ex=1148443200&en=7966c3c77ced0368&ei=5070&emc=eta1