[Scott Dorsey]

gray_wolf wrote:

Compare the output tube amplifier and a solid state amplifier with a scop=
e as=20
you drive them into distortion. Notice how much softer the tube amp goes =
into=20
distortion than the solid state does.

90% of that has to do with the output transformer rather than any of
the gain stages. You can build a solid state amp with an output transformer
(like McIntosh did in the seventies) and get similarly soft clipping
behaviour. With some tinkering and a high Vcc you can even make it
behave like a tube output section pretty well.
--scott
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