Hey, I got the joke.eniam rognab wrote:wow...vibratoking wrote:Yes, there are some of them on this board. And they are probably thinking you are stoopid for asking whether the SHO will damage your tubes and ignorant for offending a group of people with your head planted firmly in your ass.ppssshh engineers are stoopid, scuse me while i crank this shit
But that's not stupid...that's just truthful.
really??? i offended you with a non-sequiter?
engineers are obviously not stupid. see the way i spelled it that time?
i was talking about my friend, in a jealous way. he has a great education and job and i strive for that as well. no disrespect intended here
did you miss the part where i said that "you guys are wicked smart"?
are you the guy that takes a playful jab, turns around "DONT TOUCH ME" and then decks the guy?
relax bro. i had some conflicting advice given to me and i came here with a simple self effacing question, i have had a joking attitude this entire time
thanks for all the constructive responses. I envy engineers as i hope to be one one day. i am on my way, they dont teach tubes in school anymore ya know...
im sorry if i offended anybody
Most of the engineers back in the day of the vacuum tubes (valves) were only interested in how tubes behaved only in linear range. There was little or no interest in starved tube voltages, distortion from an overloaded signal, etc.
Even when I was in school, 38+ years ago, Tube theory was given only a passing mention if at all according to my friends who were interested in electronic engineering. Tubes were passe, solid state was the future.
Well most of the IC chips from that era (except a few, 555, TL072) are obsolete, but the 12ax7, the 6L6, and a number of other tubes (copies of Western Electric Tubes known only by numbers) are still manufactured.
And the best efforts engineers at producing a digital amp simulator haven't come close as to tone or even approximated copied how a tube behaves (or misbehaves).
Unless your engineer friend went to school in the early 1960's or had a career in the military, it is very unlikely that his education was comprehensive enough on the subject to give you an answer beyond an educated guess (unless some form of tube amps was a hobby). He deserves some gentle ribbing on the subject.
Best regards and welcome to the forum.
Steve
Maybe he was concerned that the SHO was given some viagra.