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My take (tube electronics)

I will contrast (mostly) my US-built tube electronics.

My 1961 Hammond A100. Everything overbuilt as only Hammond could. I guess it helps that the owner was an engineer. Very heavy and well-built as a result. Extra kudos to Hammond to doing away with the idiotic paper labels for tube placement by stamping the tube number into the chassis besides the tube.

My Marantz 10b. The complexity of the point-to-point wiring is astounding. The parts and connections are layered. I replaced the opto-electronic switches when I first bought it, it took 8 hours. The tuning capacitor is a work of art, easily the best I've ever seen. The story is that it was built by the same company that built tuning caps for military electronics. In 1964, the production of the 10/10b bankrupted Marantz, leading to it's sale to Superscope, IE, the Tushinsky brothers. The 10b was the last great product of Marantz, the gradual downfall of this once-great company was the result. BTW, the first solid state product of Marantz, the model 18, was built to the same standards as it's tube cousins. My Marantz 2270 was not built to the same standards.

My (former) old "room heater" a Tektronix 535 scope. Amoung the best workmanship and parts selection I've ever seen. Yes, it is point to point, with white ceramic posts. Just a beautifully built piece of art.

My Quad II's. Amazing parts placement and lead dressing, rivaling in many ways the Tektronix.

Also-ran.

My various MC MacIntosh's. Tag strips are functional, but not very confidence-inspiring.
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