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Default Why are vacuum tubes still used in audio amplifiers instead ofsolid-state transistor

On 05/08/11 05:58, NX211 so wittily quipped:
On May 8, 7:32 am, John L StewartJohn.L.Stewart.
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anterm;930852 Wrote:

Some audiophiles say that the sound quality in vacuum tubes is better,
but I fail to see why, especially since vacuum tube electronics is an
older technology


Same odd reason some people prefer to ride a horse now& then! Not
difficult to come up with many other examples.

John

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John L Stewart


Any good audio engineer can make a transistor sound like a tube but
one thing they can't do is make a transistor glow like a tube. That
my friend is the answer.


glowy bottles look cool, especially power tubes with that blue glow.
almost like a little nuke reactor. heh.