Why DIY? (was Re: [sdiy] Another new hard to find part....)

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 07 July 2004 03:46 pm, R. D. Davis wrote:
> Quothe jbv, from writings of Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 08:48:02PM +0200:
> > Obviously the good old tired politically correct concept that s-diy
> > should only deal with that phaser schemo published in EN circa
> > 1977 is still floating around...
>
> Not true.  Synth. circuitry using devices from well before 1977 seems
> to be appropriate as well. :-) ...vacuum tube technology, for example,
> which has never truly become obsolete despite the many people who
> believe that it has.

Pretty much all of the tech I encountered was tubes,  back when I started with 
this stuff.  I can see where it might be "just the thing" for some 
applications,  or where you want to get just "that sound" and there really 
isn't any better way to get it.  Somehow,  though,  I don't personally feel 
like I want to be bothered with tubes any more.