Modern Tube computing

From: ben franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Wed Jan 21 16:35:58 2004

Gordon JC Pearce wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 15:43, William Donzelli wrote:

>>This is why I really can't stand the tube audio world - there is too much
>>junk science, snake oil, prejudice, and false rumors. Anything to make the
>>rare old stock "sound" better.
>
>
> I don't know why anyone would use a valve hi-fi amp, that just seems
> silly. But they look good...
> In guitar amps, it's a very different story of course.

 From what I have read on the internet, speakers have got better
in the last 20 years, Solid State Amps have not gotten better,
since they are often not tested on real speakers. Tube amps with
less negitive feedback handle modern speakers better.

Ben.
Received on Wed Jan 21 2004 - 16:35:58 GMT

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