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Audio gear using vacuum-tubes continues to attract music lovers in much the same way that an LP spun on a turntable can seem more alive, fleshed out, simply real compared to digital’s ones and zeros.
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Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
26 Mar. 2025
If that number was rounded off to nine quintillion, that’s nine followed by 18 zeroes.
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