> > Old Tube stuff is still easy to fix compared to the modern
> > market consumer products like computers. I don't think
> > in 10 years we will have many of this years products around to
> > be classic computers.
If you equate a board to a tube, they are about the same. The only reason
so many component level repairs used to be made is that visual inspections
were often enough to id the bad part, and the soldering skills were pretty
minimal. IMHO the repair industry collapsed on itself, the average
cost/quality of repair rose until manufacturers could not afford the risk
of field repairs.
>I see it in ham radio. Tinkering is gone. Can't easily modify a LSI
>circuit like you can with discrete components you don't have to have a
>electron microscope to see.
The tinker gene is alive, but tinkering is indeed getting harder to do. Kit
building and ground up projects are very much alive in audio, especially
speakers. If you visit www.headwise.com you will see close to a dozen
different headphone amp projects.
Received on Tue Nov 19 2002 - 10:28:00 GMT
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