Amp improvement since 1994?

Thanks for the explanation Mitch! You had me scratching my head for a minute there. LOL!!

I am in the camp that the transformers on the tube amps from the 50's & 60's improve their sweetness with age and the new gear especially SS & class D proably won't have that advantage.

I don't call it an improvement one day maybe when technology has let them get to use switching frequencies 10 x higher than now, but class D is the only real new technology I can recall.

Everything tube or transistor although bigger, heavier, and better built these days, can date it's base circuitry back to the 1940's 60's and 70's things like Williamson tube designs, and same goes for SS.

Cheers George
Georgelofi

Even class D technology dates back to the late 50s. Although as far as real sonic improvements, those may be dated after 94.

Of course the 1994 amps sound better - they've had 20 years of break-in. Just wait until they've been in service for 50 years. They will be so broken in they will be better than a live performance.

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Sorry to disagree with George, but there are new topologies.
The devil is always in the details.
I tricked out a pair of Dynaco MK 3s with the best parts, silver point to point wiring, big capacitance in the power supply,… It sounded good, but still dated.
Today we are spoiled with this high end gear. It has less distortion of all types.
I am not saying that older gear sounds bad but design goals have changed over the years.
As for vinyl vs. digital, that is a different argument altogether.
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