Sony Dream Machine Model ICF10W. Transistor/ Solid state just refers to circuits that are built with silicone based components such as transistors and diodes as opposed to the older vacuum tube based circuits. As these components became smaller and were often integrated frequently thousands at a time into integrated circuits (ICs) and used with surface mount technology they were less often referred to as solid state. But in reality most of today’s circuits are still fundamentally solid state.
Solid state which began to gain water acceptance in the 60s was a huge improvement from the old vacuum tube circuits in terms of power use, heat generation, size, weight and fragility. But many old timers for years and perhaps some still will still swear by the fidelity and quality of the old vacuum tube circuits as being preferred.
15 окт 2024
