Tube v. Solid State / Analog v. Digital


WHAT'S THE DEAL? I'M NOT AN ENGINEER OR AN AUDIOPHILE. I HAVE HAD KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE SAY THE GOAL IS NO DISTORTION AND THAT CAN BEST BE ACHIEVED IN A DIGITAL/SOLID STATE/CD REALM. OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE SAY THAT'S NOT TRUE. TUBES/ANALOG/VINYL IS IT. ALL I KNOW IS THAT DIGITAL/SOLID STATE/ CD IS SUBJECT TO MEASUREMENT AND ANALOG/TUBE/VINYL IS BASICALLY NOT. TO ME THE ULTIMATE OXYMORON IS A CD PLAYER WITH A TUBE STAGE IN IT. WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE?
markman

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I would agree with all the above, Especially Biz!. This is your system in your room. Do you listen 5 hours/month?, /week?, /day?. If you like it you will use it.

Getting back to the measurement stuff: lets remeber that most measurements are taken on a bench w/ a sine wave or white noise signal. Music is MUCH more demanding!, the dynamic swings and the frequency changes presend a -dificult to measure at least to virtually imposible to model test scenario. Additionally though nobody talks about it there are VERY few devices that do not have hysteresis, which changes as the material changes....
in other words, Your ears are the best measuring device for your system.
Happy listening.