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That model was unlike anything else on the market at the time, with separate amplifier circuits for cleaner separation in each channel, and a vacuum tube preamp stage for analog smoothness and warmth – sort of emulating an audiophile's full system setup.
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New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
Officials say the same core technology could eventually support space launch systems and vacuum tube transport concepts.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
The transistors were smaller, used less power and generated less heat than previous vacuum tubes.
—Christopher Howley, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The most imposing of these was a Burroughs Datatron 205, a computer first manufactured in the mid-1950s and based on vacuum tubes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
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New Atlas, 17 Feb. 2026
Officials say the same core technology could eventually support space launch systems and vacuum tube transport concepts.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Dec. 2025
The transistors were smaller, used less power and generated less heat than previous vacuum tubes.
—Christopher Howley, AZCentral.com, 23 Dec. 2025
The most imposing of these was a Burroughs Datatron 205, a computer first manufactured in the mid-1950s and based on vacuum tubes.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2025
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“Vacuum tube.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacuum%20tube. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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