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Retired Nov '14
1. Guitarists prefer thermionic amplifiers for their aesthetic appeal and warmer sound.solid state:
- small size--> thermionic devices involve vacuum tubes and are bulky--> limits their use on more complex electrical systems.
- efficient--> thermionic devices have significant heat dissipation thus electrical energy is lost as heat where as solid state devices lose only a fraction of this. Also, thermionic devices require large voltages to run, solid state devices such as transistors, run on much smaller voltages
- No starting time lag---> Thermionic devices need to be heated up first thus slow processing speed
- relatively tough--> solid state devices can endure more physical impact while thermionic devices --> lol--> made of glass and stuff
- Last longer--> thermionic devices have several parts need to be replaced often e.g. the cathode
- cheaper to produce + maintain.
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ohh, advantages of thermionic devices? hmm not sure
2. Thermionic devices are less susceptible to electromagnetic pulse effects than solid state devices and hence, are often used in military instead of solid state.