2 Jan
2006
2 Jan
'06
1:56 p.m.
On Monday 02 January 2006 12:19 am, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 1/1/2006 at 9:52 PM woodelf wrote:
Aside from the active devices themselves, tubes are limited by the
characteristics of the output transformer, which (as far as I know) isn't
there in FET amps. And other things, like the "softness" of the power
supply voltage under transient loads and such.
Well unless you want Pantented - our chip only
Stereo Am a good, radio
is still not that hard to build
or still find parts for. Then, like now Quality is always money. I
suspect it is distortion using transistors and
standard diodes or questionable IC's now days. <foot in mouth> With AM
radio all loud 80' rock and roll
people never noticed the distortion because it made that crap sound
louder and more impressive.</mouth in foot>
I think the real term is **listener fatigue**.
Could someone point me to harmonic distortion data, transient analysis or
some good old scope traces to prove that a couple of 6B4's in class A
push-pull deliver better sound than a pair of MOSFETs can? I'm not trying
to start an argument, but am not convinced that vacuum tubes are better
(having owned my share of tube amplifiers) than semiconductors. P.S. I use #16 zip cord for my speakers.
Nothing wrong with that.
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