Solid State

Solid State

Vintage Concord Reel Reel 776D Solid State Stereo Japan $79.99

Wards Airline Solid State Reel to Reel Tape Recorder $21.50

Vintage General Electric Solid State Thyratron $0.01

Replacement Solid State Rectifier S5130 Tarzian NIB $14.00

Vintage Motorola Solid State AM/FM Radio $6.00

Replacement Solid State Rectifier 1N2637 7019 NIB $14.00

Allied Solid State TR-1055 $5.99

VTG Zenith Solid State Am/AFC/FM Radio Works $9.99

Telco TRU System Solid State Recorder POLLCAT II $29.99

GE SOLID STATE AUTOMATIC Turntable Record PLAYER $14.99

ACME LITE 500 MODEL 245A SOLID STATE CAMERA FLASH ECU $30.00

Times Solid State 8-track AM/FM/8-Track Player $24.99

Vintage Sansui SOLID STATE Tuner Amplifier MODEL 400 $19.99

Zenith Solid State Lond Distance Alarm Clock Radio Nice $49.95

* 6 HEATHKIT MANUALS SOLID STATE COLOR TV & GR 2000 $35.00

Sears Solid State Record Player $9.99

MIB Vintage 1931 Classic Car Solid State Radio NICE!!! $12.99

TOYO CRH-401 8 TRACK PLAYER AM/FM SOLID STATE VINTAGE $9.96

VTG Solid State Fender PA 4100 Public Address Amplifier $0.99

Vintage General Electric Solid State Record Player $9.99

RCA Solid State AM FM RADIO RZC251W WORKS! $2.99

VINTAGE ADMIRAL SOLID State Radio $8.99

Vintage Sony REEL 2 REEL SOLID STATE STEREOPHONIC $25.00

vintage ROTEL SOLID STATE AM/FM Stereo Receiver RX-200A $9.99

VINTAGE SHARP SOLID STATE 8 Track Recorder SR-140 UR $9.99

Vintage Realistic receiver 100 watt solid state p.a. $24.99

Westinghouse Solid State Tape Recorder $24.00

VINTAGE KATSURA Transistor Radio SOLID STATE AM $4.99

Scott 312 FM Tuner Ad from 1964 Solid State $9.00

Federal Solid State AM/FM (A.F.C.) Portable Radio $20.00

Solid State Drives

Solid state is an electrical term that refers to electronic circuitry that is built entirely out of semiconductors. The term was originally used to define those electronics such as a transistor radio that used semiconductors rather than Vacuum Tubes in its construction. Most all electronics that we have today are built around semiconductors and chips. In terms of a SSD, it refers to the fact that the primary storage medium is through semiconductors rather than a magnetic media such as a hard drive.

SSDs, or solid state drives, are becoming more and more popular in notebook computers. They are perfectly suited for ultraportable laptops because they consume less power than in spinning mechanical conventional hard disk drives. The thin Apple Air or Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks, amongst others, feature this solid state storage technology.

How Do They Work?

Traditional hard drives have a spinning platter with a head that reads data from the platter. Remember all those hard drive crashes? This was primarily due to the vulnerability of the head being jarred by dropping or bumping into the computer and crashing into the platter causing mechanical and or read/write errors. SSDs have no moving parts. Instead they have Nand flash chips and a controller. They are simply flash drives on a large scale. SSDs are attractive when considering speed, noise, power consumption, and reliability. They consume approximately half the power of traditional hard drives of the same size. For example a 2.5 inch Samsung SSD consumes less than 1 watt of power when active, as compared with 2.1 watts that a standard 2.5 inch HDD consumes.

Increased Performance?

SSDs are noted for faster startups and shutdowns. They also have improved performance when applications are launched. Traditional hard drives get fragmented and slower over time unlike SSDs. Because of this non fragmentation SSDs have a real time improvement with random reads. Performance remains constant throughout the entire drive even when it starts to fill up.

Battery Life?

Many components in a notebook computer effect battery life. LCD Screens in particular do. The savings are about 10% prolonged battery life for An SSD vs a traditional hard drive. For most, an SSD upgrade is not worth it for this feature alone. However when taken into account the other benefits of SSDs including: faster performance, less noise, less heat, lighter weight, no fragmentation, and a longer life expectancy an extra $1000 upgrade may well be worth it.

Which notebook brands have SSD options?

Apple, Lenovo, Samsung, Alienware, Dell, Asus, Sony, Motion Computer, and HP are amongst the brands offering SSDs now. SSDs are available in 64GB, 128GB, and 256 GB models.

The future for SSDs

At a component level, manufacturers have been doubling the density every 10 years for these types of notebook drives. This makes for larger storage capacity at smaller sizes. Price varies per manufacturers. A 64GB SSD which costs about $900 now is expected to cost $450 in 2009 and $200 in 2010. Both SSDs and traditional hard drives will probably coexist for a while to come. Because SSDs do offer added value and benefits in several ways they are expected to grow to be in nearly 40% of the notebook laptops by 2011.

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What is the difference between tube watts and watt solid state guitar amplifier?

I know that a Tube Amp with 10 or 15 watts can lead to a cabinet that is rated for a minimum of power far greater than the amplifier. Solid state, but not necessarily can do this. What is the difference between tube and solid state amplifiers watts, and how big of a cabinet may be a small unit of 15 watts?

A watt is a watt is a watt … period. Here's the formula for calculating power: P = E * I where: P = power in watts E = V EMF at I = current in amperes There is no variable "tube" or "solid state". Now most people would agree that when powered tube amplifier up will sound louder than solid state amplifier of the same power. This has to do with the shape of a tube handles a signal against a transistor when they its maximum operating range. A clip of the Signal Transistor abruptly, and most people do not perceive that as a "good" sound. A tube Rather will start compressing the signal that as you increase the level of unity. By making the means of the signal levels are higher, and perceived that as the strongest. It's basically the same thing as radio stations to your audio files (and now the domain of engineers) for the signals stand out. Now, the question of "how big of a closet …". Well, I suppose you could attach a cabinet that is rated for 1000 watts to your amp, and while which would correspond impedance noise. And that is true of tube or solid state (again .. one watt is a watt). Do not get too hung up on the number of power in speakers. What really strong impact as a Speaker System is that it can achieve efficiency. In other words, how well does it turn the power into acoustic energy. Very High Power speakers are usually quite inefficient compared with those less powerful. Therefore, it is entirely possible to connect your amplifier to a nominal 50 watt cabinet, and is stronger than the cabinet of 1000 watts. In general, see the "recommended minimum power" specification in High Fidelity speakers (as the commercial efficiency of accuracy). I do not think I've ever seen in a guitar cabinet. As long as you are impedance mismatch, feel free to experiment. Good luck. Greetings from Austin, TX, Ken