Here's a valvey winter warmer to give you a nice cheery glow & melt the icicle from the end of your nose.

Marco posted thread number 1181 in October 2008
The State of Vacuum Tubes for the 21st Century http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=1181

Including some photos of some of the most droolnificent vintage glow-ware (follow Marco's link)

As usual, comments relevant to the original post should go onto the thread rather than here.
If anyone has suggestions for suitable threads, they should PM me.