tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post2457251693668489745..comments2023-08-29T03:53:29.334-07:00Comments on Bones Hi - Fi: The Type 85 Vacuum Tube: The Rescued From Obscurity Vacuum Tube?Ringohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09506068154852505840noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-31073958143806653222019-07-22T02:41:29.471-07:002019-07-22T02:41:29.471-07:00Kara Chaffee's Type 85 vacuum tube based deHav...Kara Chaffee's Type 85 vacuum tube based deHavilland Mercury preamp may cost 10 times more than the Musical Fidelity X-Pre but the Mercury preamp is more than 10 times better sounding than the ECC88 vacuum tube based Musical Fidelity X-Pre. Laurentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10078379415574986694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-37613355377777053412015-10-28T05:55:42.060-07:002015-10-28T05:55:42.060-07:00Maybe Kara Chaffee at deHavilland Electric will so...Maybe Kara Chaffee at deHavilland Electric will some day design a preamplifier using Lee de Forest's Audion triode vacuum tube. Sometimes I too wonder what the anode impedance is of de Forest's original Audion triode vacuum tube. Ringohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09506068154852505840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4348292068036323235.post-61182917319147882602015-10-27T08:17:27.072-07:002015-10-27T08:17:27.072-07:00We should be thankful to Kara Chaffee at deHavilla...We should be thankful to Kara Chaffee at deHavilland Electric for rescuing the Type 85 vacuum tube from obscurity and by the way, I've read somewhere that the Type 85 vacuum tube got into full-scale production back in 1937. Lilith Fairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390564952244642802noreply@blogger.com