Tube takeover


For all you bottleheads, here's some very bad news:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/16/business/worldbusiness/16cheat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Regardless of your opinion of the Sovtek brand, this is sure to drive up the price of tubes in general. That's a lot of production going offline...
armstrod
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
Here's a link to a more detailed story from 6moons.com: http://www.6moons.com/industryfeatures/newsensor/newsensor.html
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