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Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?
What do you guys think?
If transistors came first, and then decades later tubes were invented, would we have any tube amps we would call high end?
Wouldn’t they all fail to reach the height of performance and transparency set by transistor amps?
Best,
E
P.S. I love Conrad Johnson. I'm just wondering how much of our arguments have to do with timing.
If transistors came first, and then decades later tubes were invented, would we have any tube amps we would call high end?
Wouldn’t they all fail to reach the height of performance and transparency set by transistor amps?
Best,
E
P.S. I love Conrad Johnson. I'm just wondering how much of our arguments have to do with timing.
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@atmasphere Sorry man, but vinyl is the absolute most compressed and limited medium on the market. There's plenty of albums out there arranged just to accommodate the technical failings of vinyl. Like, for instance, the lousy bass response near the middle third of the record. Personally I've never heard a record or turntable that had the low noise and garbage of a compact cassette. Maybe they're out there, but my cellphone has a lower noise floor, less distortion, and better dynamic range than any turntable I've ever heard. You're not going to find a guy less sold on vinyl than me. I've heard it. I genuinely don't like it. I hardly grew up with it and never learned to look past it's glaring failures to see redeeming virtues. I'll never look at anything but lossless digital as the best. |
@tubessuck: Oh, yeah. Forgot about the people MAKING the music, I guess: https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/guitar-essentials-five-things-you-should-know-about-tubes Not that THEY are important--only the musicians, after all. What the heck do THEY know, anyway? A. |
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