Sam Byrams a écrit :

Actually, there are two factor is my like of vacuum tube
amplifiers. One is that to my ears they are more pleasing to
listen to than solid state. I am very sensitive to high frequency
and find many modern speakers to be too bright. The slightly
softer highs of the typical tube amplifier are a bonus for me. I
am also not a bass freak, and thus the low frequency extension
of a tube amp, often sighted as not being as well defined as a
solid state amplifier, is not a problem. The warmth of tube
sound, and especially in the midrange, is very pleasing to me.

Second, I love the look and build of tube amplifiers. This is a
love for antique technology. Tube circuits are simple and
elegant and I just like them. A guest at my home once
commented, upon seeing my Cary 2A3, "My God!, the
unibomber has been here!" I guess I like the anachronism as
well. :-)

My love of tubes has nothing to do with science or logic. Its
personal preference. You see, even a skeptic can fancy things
that pure logic would deem "inferior" to modern designs. The
only difference is that the skeptic does not attribute supernatural
phenomenon or special properties to such products. Tube
amplifiers sound different for very cleble
reasons. Like or dislike of that difference is purely subjective
and purely personal.

Zip's comments about the PASS amps are of no importance to
me for this reason. (note that I say to ME, not in general- think
before you flame!) If it does not glow, it does not go! That's
just me.

There is no right or wrong in the tube vs. solid state debate. It is
preference, and, yes by God, it is subjective!

With the previous message from a "vinyl fetichist", this is the kind of
post that could decide some of us to attempt the experience.
Thank you for the breeze. ;-)