http://vintage-stereo-equipment.com/the-sound-of-a-vacuum-tube-amplifier Seller of Vintage Tube Amplifiers, Vacuum Tubes and Accessories Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://vintage-stereo-equipment.com/the-sound-of-a-vacuum-tube-amplifier/comment-page-1#comment-240 smudgeward Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:58:23 +0000 http://vintage-stereo-equipment.com/the-sound-of-a-vacuum-tube-amplifier#comment-240 They still use them for Marshall guitar amps, can't get much more real world than that. I can't help thinking that tapes and records sound better than CD 'remasters' as well, after all the human brain works by analogue processing not digital. They still use them for Marshall guitar amps, can’t get much more real world than that. I can’t help thinking that tapes and records sound better than CD ‘remasters’ as well, after all the human brain works by analogue processing not digital.

]]> http://vintage-stereo-equipment.com/the-sound-of-a-vacuum-tube-amplifier/comment-page-1#comment-239 Heinz M Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:00:51 +0000 http://vintage-stereo-equipment.com/the-sound-of-a-vacuum-tube-amplifier#comment-239 Opinions about that are totally subjective. Personally, having experienced all kinds of tube amps, I find that amps with high impedance solid state circuits are every bit as good. And the additional advantage of never having any hum from speakers, which always was a big problem (I imagine they use DC heaters on the cathodes today), I think that this 'tubes are better' really is more affectation than fact. Of course one could set up a test, where these people would have to make a side by side comparison between tube and solid state and that would tell the story. Like a Coke versus Pepsi test. And digital versus analog just comes out to a high enough sampling rate. Opinions about that are totally subjective.
Personally, having experienced all kinds of tube amps, I find that amps with high impedance solid state circuits are every bit as good. And the additional advantage of never having any hum from speakers, which always was a big problem (I imagine they use DC heaters on the cathodes today), I think that this ‘tubes are better’ really is more affectation than fact.
Of course one could set up a test, where these people would have to make a side by side comparison between tube and solid state and that would tell the story. Like a Coke versus Pepsi test.
And digital versus analog just comes out to a high enough sampling rate.

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