When vacuum tube amplifiers are driven to distortion, they produce even-order harmonics. Solid-state amplifiers produce odd-order harmonics. The former sound better to the latter.
The problem is, you are not supposed to drive either type of amplifier to distortion. If you do this, the replicated sound is NOT true to the original.
This really has nothing to do with the analog vs. digital argument. The FACT is that digital recording techniques are far superior to any analogue techniques.
If you want to argue vacuum tube vs, solid-state, that one is easy too. The characteristics of transistors remain constant throughout their lives. This is not the case with vacuum tubes because the elements within them warp over time due to heat.
Make no mistake: Digital > Analogue. Solid-State > Vacuum Tube.
Don't buy snake oil.
The problem is, you are not supposed to drive either type of amplifier to distortion. If you do this, the replicated sound is NOT true to the original.
This really has nothing to do with the analog vs. digital argument. The FACT is that digital recording techniques are far superior to any analogue techniques.
If you want to argue vacuum tube vs, solid-state, that one is easy too. The characteristics of transistors remain constant throughout their lives. This is not the case with vacuum tubes because the elements within them warp over time due to heat.
Make no mistake: Digital > Analogue. Solid-State > Vacuum Tube.
Don't buy snake oil.
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
