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

On May 9, 4:06*am, "Fred" wrote:
NX211 wrote:
On May 8, 7:32 am, John L Stewart John.L.Stewart.
wrote:
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.


Actually, it's easier to make a transistor glow like a tube than to make one sound like a tube.

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NO. I never been able to make a transistor glow. But they can easily
make fuses blow, after they have failed to become a sullen dull
useless bit of junk which conducts like wire in both directions.

Patrick Turner.