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    Posted: 01 Mar 2023 at 10:07pm


I noticed this picture of an amp on display at the Bristol hifi show (I didn't attend). I know nostalgia or 'vintage' may be liked by consumers but the use of valves for a numeric display must go back  50-60 years. I can  remember using a valve display electrolytic calculator in the early '70s but I'm sure such use is more like '50s technology.
Strange how consumer electronics looks back.
Mike

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Indeed...interesting how 'difficult' it is to read - I don't see the date, but the valve shapes. Perhaps it's just me. I think if I'd become the owner, I'd be regretting it pretty soon afterwards!

Thanks for posting. I had hoped to get to the Bristol show this year, but in the end everything in my favour was against me. Perhaps better luck next year.
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