14 Jul
2004
14 Jul
'04
7:53 a.m.
Bert Thomas wrote:
I aggree that tubes are making a come back, but I
don't understand what
that has to do with the quality of speakers...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I understand that tube amplifiers sound
"different" than semiconductor amplifiers because certain harmonics are
supressed or distorted or something like that. But I don't understand
why people like that. With todays technology its simple and cheap to
build an amplifier with a bandwidth of 100KHz and a constant phase shift
over that range. Why would you listen to something less good then
"perfect" ?
Or am I completely ignorant/stupid here?
Truth in advertising here ( while listening to a tube amp here )
is that most sales are towards a amp with the most power out into
a resisive dummy load.
1) Real speakers are inductive not a 200 watt 4 ohm resistor.
2) Lots of feedback is used to keep a transistor amp linear.
3) Sine waves in a lab is different from real music.
4) People buy amps to be loud for loud rock music.
Bert