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Posted by caa on August 5, 2002 at 13:27:01

In Reply to: Re: Well.... posted by Jerry Parker on August 5, 2002 at 07:48:46:

realize that tube amplifiers are loved by many, but if its distortion is higher than a fet based amp, why use one if you are looking for the ultimate in audio REPRODUCTION? I would assume that the least amount of change to the original audio source would be wanted in HI FI.

if you're interested in good sound, you'd better listen to John Curl when he said not to believe completely in numbers.

What's a "change"? What's distortion? It's a mistake to believe completely in a few numbers quantized from a mysterious set of attributes, and ignores the true metric: your ear. On the other hand, if one can't tell a tube amp from a solid state amp, then there's no point.

By the way, people who make tube amps are engineers, and do believe in lowering distortions, IMO. It's just a compromise of which to lower.

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