--- Forwarded Message from "Edmund Dente" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: RE: #7505.1 Seeking Recommendations for Mic Pre-Amp (!) >Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 17:10:29 -0400 >Thread-Topic: #7505.1 Seeking Recommendations for Mic Pre-Amp (!) >Thread-Index: AcQy4mtKzhUaTBQFRbany7kwqBjyxAAATflQ >From: "Edmund Dente" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> > > > > Question: Tube or solid state? For ordinary voice recording, is > > using a tube-based pre-amp worth the hassle of having to replace > > tubes? Is anyone unhappy with solid state pre-amps? > > I find solid state electronics to be superior in all ways for my > uses, and leave tubes to the nostalgia junkies and audiophiles Speaking of tubes... Did anyone else see the Woody Allen movie <<The Curse of the Jade Scorpion>>? The movie is set in the mid-1940s. In one scene, Woody turns on a parlor console radio in his living room (Looked to me like a Zenith, 1942 model, just before they ceased production for the war.) The instant he turned it on, music (or news, I forget) came booming out of the speaker. Only "nostalgia junkies, audiophiles" and old f**ts like me would appreciate this faux pas. Of all people, Woody should have known better. (Maybe he had it on "standby" :-) ) I wonder if anyone has put it on IMDB Goofs yet. Ed ================================================= Edmund N. Dente Director, Language Media Center Asst Director, Media Services 617.627.3036 Tufts University [log in to unmask] Medford, MA 02155 http://ase.tufts.edu/lmc