Louis

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Im just curious to know more about tubes, and was hoping to draw on the collective knowledge. Perhaps your expertise in tube analytics will give you first hand knowledge of not only how tubes sound, but also how they taste and feel on the back of your throat. Shame on you fruitbooter...

The sony PFR-V1's are a good example of tubular headphones. One advantage for using tubes to transport sound is in the ability to reduce cupping resonnances to virtually nothing. Sony has apparently coined the term 'Personal Field Speakers'. Apparently they sound great, however they look atrocious!!! Transporting bass is most suitable for tubes, a larger wavelength theoretically should maintain sound quality. Here's a review http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/accessories/0,39100116,49296438,00.htm [url=http://crave.cnet.co.uk/cnetuk/crave/digitalmusic/0,39029432,49296360,00.htm]

Im interested in finding out as much about acoustic tubes and pipes as possible and so will be posting key and relevant information right here. I would appreciate any contributions around: -Who were the early manufacturers of piped sound translation apperatus, when did they first come out? -Models names and pictures? -Does anyone own a pair of headphones that make use of an acoustic tube, and are they any good?- whats your call on the worth of the tube?, will it go on... Cheers -Louis