Could this be one reason tubes (and perhaps records) sound better?

This is not a new finding, rather it keeps cropping up in the hearing literature...
"White noise improves hearing":
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191112142926.htm

lesdomes11-18-2019 3:09pm

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