Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?

"...tubes aren’t bad nor are they obsolete"

Watch out for a new tube-driven iPhone coming out at tomorrow's Apple conference.

geoffkait,

I doubt it is an organized conspiracy. More like aural blinding by the numbers.

I was comforted that I am not the only one with similar results. Looking for official, I stumbled upon unofficial in some article in Stereophile. Enough of the readers' responses assured me I was not completely wrong.

https://www.stereophile.com/content/unofficial-dynamic-range-database

You just cannot win.

Television sucks.

You are left with reading, but that often sucks, too.


Sleep tight, instead.

https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/guitar-essentials-five-things-you-should-know-about-tubes

This is really informative for a novice guitar player who has barely heard of tubes and wants to influence the sound in some way. After reading it, the question remains if same intentional changes in the sound could be produced by simply turning a knob of some non-tube device. I would guess they could, but I am not sure.

I approached that Dynamic Range Database with an open mind and lots of interest. I came away with understanding that either dynamic range is not reliably coinciding with my perception of pleasant recording, or that Dynamic Range Database is, in reality, a random number generator. Basically, I found it useless for all practical purposes although I do not deny its appeal to number-crunching theoreticists.

As a minor error in previous post, google search digs out Unofficial Dynamic Range Database. Although an "official" one would imply seriousness and provide for convenient halt of all further questioning of the results, whoever put it there was fair enough not to proclaim her/himself as an official authority.

'''pilots and air traffic controllers commented, “Hey, what happened to all the air...

It must be scary when you are a pilot and all the air is gone.

Tubes get inconveniently hot, but main factor in their renaissance is that they are perceived as being cool.

"What if Neanderthals won, and Homo sapiens lost?"

German car industry would be concentrated more towards the North.