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Meat Plow ) writes:
Western Electric 417a NOS
Any use in anything today like an audio amp?
Looked on one site and they were going for over 100 bucks
each NOS.

I have a dozen or so NOS, maybe Ebay them eh?

If you asked where this belongs, sci.electronics.components, you'd
be getting an answer.

Michael

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Meat Plow wrote:

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:44 +0000, Michael Black wrote:

Meat Plow ) writes:
Western Electric 417a NOS
Any use in anything today like an audio amp?
Looked on one site and they were going for over 100 bucks
each NOS.

I have a dozen or so NOS, maybe Ebay them eh?

If you asked where this belongs, sci.electronics.components, you'd
be getting an answer.


I know some tube heads here that's why I asked. And besides, I don't know
every sci.electronics.* group in the hierarchy.


news:sci.electronics.basics

news:sci.electronics.cad

news:sci.electronics.components

news:sci.electronics.design

news:sci.electronics.equipment

news:sci.electronics.misc

news:sci.electronics.repair


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"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:44 +0000, Michael Black wrote:

Meat Plow ) writes:
Western Electric 417a NOS
Any use in anything today like an audio amp?
Looked on one site and they were going for over 100 bucks
each NOS.

I have a dozen or so NOS, maybe Ebay them eh?

If you asked where this belongs, sci.electronics.components, you'd
be getting an answer.


I know some tube heads here that's why I asked. And besides, I don't know
every sci.electronics.* group in the hierarchy.


It's amazing how you can post useful and helpful stuff on a group for years,
and be a regular poster for anyone who cares to take the time to look at
exactly who the post is from, and then get jumped on by the group stasi for
making a post aimed at others that you know will be on there, but that
*they* consider to be slightly off topic ...

Arfa

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Arfa Daily wrote:

It's amazing how you can post useful and helpful stuff on a group for years,
and be a regular poster for anyone who cares to take the time to look at
exactly who the post is from, and then get jumped on by the group stasi for
making a post aimed at others that you know will be on there, but that
*they* consider to be slightly off topic ...

Arfa

The netcops are everywhere

Ron(UK)

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"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:38:12 +0000, Arfa Daily wrote:


"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:44 +0000, Michael Black wrote:

Meat Plow ) writes:
Western Electric 417a NOS
Any use in anything today like an audio amp?
Looked on one site and they were going for over 100 bucks
each NOS.

I have a dozen or so NOS, maybe Ebay them eh?

If you asked where this belongs, sci.electronics.components, you'd
be getting an answer.


I know some tube heads here that's why I asked. And besides, I don't
know
every sci.electronics.* group in the hierarchy.


It's amazing how you can post useful and helpful stuff on a group for
years,
and be a regular poster for anyone who cares to take the time to look at
exactly who the post is from, and then get jumped on by the group stasi
for
making a post aimed at others that you know will be on there, but that
*they* consider to be slightly off topic ...


Yeh Mike has appointed himself as the group nanny I suppose. This group
has a very wide range of known and lurking subscribers so an electronic
item like a tube wasn't that far off topic.

And, of course, the primary name of the group is "electronics", "repair"
being a secondary qualifier. As far as I'm concerned, anything of an
electronics nature, is fair game, provided that it is not too far off topic.
As you say, there is a very large range of expertise and interest on this
group, and it is a particularly active one, which is why I like it so much.
The tubes in question just might have had some repair interest for someone
on the group, and it's not as if it was some unknown person who was making
the post.

Arfa

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"Arfa Daily" wrote in message
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"Meat Plow" wrote in message
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On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:34:44 +0000, Michael Black wrote:

Meat Plow ) writes:
Western Electric 417a NOS
Any use in anything today like an audio amp?
Looked on one site and they were going for over 100 bucks
each NOS.

I have a dozen or so NOS, maybe Ebay them eh?

If you asked where this belongs, sci.electronics.components, you'd
be getting an answer.


I know some tube heads here that's why I asked. And besides, I don't know
every sci.electronics.* group in the hierarchy.


It's amazing how you can post useful and helpful stuff on a group for
years, and be a regular poster for anyone who cares to take the time to
look at exactly who the post is from, and then get jumped on by the group
stasi for making a post aimed at others that you know will be on there,
but that *they* consider to be slightly off topic ...

Arfa


This group is not too bad overall, some of the others I'm on, the majority
of the traffic is completely off topic bickering. A few other groups I've
left entirely after contributing a fair bit and then realizing there was
*nobody* contributing anything I could use, just bitching about other
members.

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On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 02:08:42 GMT, James Sweet wrote:
"Arfa Daily" wrote:

It's amazing how you can post useful and helpful stuff on a group for
years, and be a regular poster for anyone who cares to take the time to
look at exactly who the post is from, and then get jumped on by the group
stasi for making a post aimed at others that you know will be on there,
but that *they* consider to be slightly off topic ...

This group is not too bad overall, some of the others I'm on, the majority
of the traffic is completely off topic bickering. A few other groups I've
left entirely after contributing a fair bit and then realizing there was
*nobody* contributing anything I could use, just bitching about other
members.

And, so, we now have this originally OT thread devolving into a bitch
thread about other threads on bitching *IN OTHER NG's".

Geeeezzzz!

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Spam Trap wrote:

And, so, we now have this originally OT thread devolving into a bitch
thread about other threads on bitching *IN OTHER NG's".

Geeeezzzz!

Such is the nature of usenet. Why start a new thread when there`s
already a perfectly good one to hijack?

;)

Ron(UK)

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Spam Trap wrote:

And, so, we now have this originally OT thread devolving into a bitch
thread about other threads on bitching *IN OTHER NG's".

Geeeezzzz!


Can you say "hypocrite"?


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Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida