There is a difference between the valve and the tube. The valve has a sealed glass covering with electrodes inside and lets an amplifier make a tiny voltage big enough to drive a loudspeaker. The tube is an underground railway network in London.
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The difference between valve and tube
- Thread starter themickster
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I'm not sure what you've been putting in your amps, but the rest of us have been jamming subway cars in the sockets.
Valves are for plumbing.
That's why the inventor named them thermionic valves. They control the flow of ions, in the same way that plumbing valves control water.Valves are for plumbing.
Every one of mine is solid state. The only jamming I need to do is down the pub with my musical friends.
Says you, OP.
But when you go to buy something are you going to a shop or a shoppe? What's your favorite colour?
TomAto, tomaato
But when you go to buy something are you going to a shop or a shoppe? What's your favorite colour?
TomAto, tomaato
Oh I see. Valve and tube are nothing more than slightly different ways of swaying and spilling the same worm. I get it now.Says you, OP.
But when you go to buy something are you going to a shop or a shoppe? What's your favorite colour?
TomAto, tomaato
Valves are for plumbing.
Also high pressure hydraulics needed for robotic action.
True, but only one reminds you to mind the gap…
There are valves in the circulatory and digestive system, such as the duodenum and sphincter, but that may be too much info….
Spoken like a guy who has fine mesh instead of glass shielding him when he drives his car, and stows his gear in a tall work shoe attached to the back of the car.
Valves are for internal combustion engines. Except Mazdas...
Yup, every one of my subway cars is solid state too. That's the norm these days.
I have neither car nor automobile. Screens aren't always mesh, and boots aren't always tall, either.
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Gosh, English is tricksy.
We’ve been watching so much British cooking shows that we now habitually pronounce the “h” in “herbs”. But not so much that we’ve started putting the emphasis on the first syllable of “pecan”.
We’ve been watching so much British cooking shows that we now habitually pronounce the “h” in “herbs”. But not so much that we’ve started putting the emphasis on the first syllable of “pecan”.
I thought it was spark plugs that you need to mind the gap.
But the England/US debate about who talks funnier rages on.
When riding the Underground, at each stop it is announced “Mind the gap!” Now, if they would do this American a favor, could they add “Look right before crossing the street!” would be a good thing.
