RE: Vinyl
May 24, 2019 at 11:37 pm
(This post was last modified: May 24, 2019 at 11:48 pm by Gol Dernitt.)
(May 24, 2019 at 11:28 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: 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.
Nor would I buy snake oil for its healing properties. But this hardline "must fit certain parameters" to be artistically pure is what I'm currently struggling with. You'll have to forgive me if I appreciate your opinion, but don't take it so seriously that I can no longer enjoy distortion.
