A summavagun is simply a way to clean up “son-of-a-b***h” in order to maintain the cordial nature of this, or any other A’gon forum.
There’s also a little bit of Walt Kelly in me. Mr. Kelly was an incredible, clever, intelligent artist who created one of the finest, funniest, comic strips you’ll come across. Pogo. Definitely worth a google for you youngsters out there. He enjoyed playing with language’s elasticity and, I’m almost certain of it, would enjoy how the word “obsolete” was hijacked, renewed, and employed above.
I’m 61 now. I vaguely remember when we imagined we’d be operating vehicles that fly, etc. etc., etc.
What we actually received is better cars, at least compared to what was available in the way back. The future is an imagined. (New use!)
I’ve long been curious about the Tekton brand, visiting the site, watching the A’gon classifieds, admiring their high efficiency. I have cycled tube amps, hybrid amps, class d amps - the whole megillah - through my system over the years and, citing a possible return to all tube in the foreseeable sometime, will definitely consider Tekton as a possibility.
There is is something utterly comforting about tube gear for me that has nothing to do with any technical appreciation. I don’t know a mosfet from a misfit, a sine wave from a rogue wave, but I know what I like.
I came THIS close to purchasing a used pair of
Pendragons a year ago but after being able to see them at the seller’s home I opted out. They are gargantuan. They sounded okay, too. And that’s not a knock. Perhaps I’ll consider one of the smaller models if I return to tubes.
As I approach my personal obsolescence I will offer this - the version replacing me will not best the version I constructed over the years, it will, by dint of its associated dna, champion it.
I predict that the speaker making everything before it obsolete will be suspended columns of Air
