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Re: arsclist Tubes will not die



On 18-Nov-02, Jerome Hartke wrote:

> In general, transient response of solid state amplifiers will be
> better. 

That was what people thought when transistors first came into use.

> Any amplifier must use lots of feedback to achieve very low
> harmonic and intermodulation distortion. 

Tube based equipment tends to need less, I believe.

> The incorporation of an
> output transformer in tube amplifiers creates problems not present in
> solid state amps.

You only need a transformer in a power amp, not in line level equipment,
which is what people here are mainly concerned with.


Personally, I was glad to leave tubes behind, because they seemed to
need replacing rather frequently and the sockets were unreliable.
However, there is a strong preference for tubes in many audio circles.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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