2 Jan
2006
2 Jan
'06
2:37 p.m.
On 1/2/2006 at 4:56 PM Roy J. Tellason 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.
To the best of my recollection, transformers *added* their own particular
brand of distortion and limited frequency response. By "softness" of power
supply voltage, do you mean "bad load regulation"?
Not only do I think that a big part of reproduction is in the speakers, but
a bigger part is in the room. It's like the case of my rehearsal room--a
string quartet or woodwind quintet or brass quintet sounds marvellous--no
echoes, but just enough room reverb to make things sound good. The
reaction of most folks when they come over to play is "wow, this is great".
Yet any audio system that I've tried sounds perfectly awful in the same
room. I use earphones quite a bit.
Cheers,
Chuck