Why Old tube Radio?

Why Old Tube Radio? 

One collector Edwin summed it up : The unique sound, the soft glow of the dial with names of foreign cities and the possibility of hearing voices from all over the world have never lost their appeal to me... Please read http://www.elwinsradiopage.nl/index.htm

I used to be very active with regards to playing around with vintage amplifiers and speakers etc. It was much fun as the changing of vintage amplifiers, pre-amplifiers , speakers etc have made each sound unique. With the constant need to move countries (working from one countries to another : From Singapore to Vietnam to Cambodia to Taiwan to Singapore to Hong Kong to Thailand to Hong Kong to Singapore and now back Hong Kong) plus the need to move apartments in HKG has made carrying all these amplifiers a nightmares.

Ever since my move back to Hong Kong 6 months ago, I have reviewed what I need for hifi listening and I have sold away my Pioneer SLH3 (Tad 300) speakers as well as the tube amplifier. I have finally settled down for a large Telefunken Opus 7 tube radio for my daily listening. 

The last few nights have been a very exciting one with he Opus 7. One great thing about listening to the radio is the listening to an "unknown" content. You will never guess what songs will the DJ be playing. 

從1904年英國物理學家發明世界上第一隻電子二極體至今，收音機的發展已歷百年。作為工業產品，它幾乎走過了整個現代工業設計全部歷程，留下了輝煌的技術和文化遺產。所以說收音機的歷史是一部輝煌的科技史，還是一部繁複的社會史，更是一部精美的藝術史. 50-60年代的德國機最好看, 比英國, 美國機多了一種古典和細緻美. 舊的膽收音機聲音是真的很美, 猶其是德國的出品，你覺得呢？玩古董胆收音机應懷著欣賞及珍惜的情懷來玩,古董胆收音机有其獨特之處..收音机，大多数是单声道制作，声音非常纯朴、直接，绝无花巧成份在内.只要这些收音机发声，就会有一种魅力，叫人一直追听下去，舍不得关机. 我认为电子管收音机辉煌的年代的产品，德机无疑是高山仰止，如根德的5010，4010，沙巴，德律锋根等名牌，后来者，没有能超过他们的，无论外观，做工，性能，都是首屈一指

Last night, the DJ played two of my favourite songs: 

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以前的人用來收聽電台，現在除了聽電台，加上外接線就可以接上CD唱盤、黑膠唱盤或iPod收聽音樂，聲音非常圓潤自然，接近在現場聽到的原音。