What contributes most to a change in how an amplifier sounds?


Amplifiers include tubes (if not solid state), big transformers, lots of internal wiring, Power supply, cabinet, gain controls if you're lucky, connections for incoming and outgoing cables, Computer chips,  Control panels, semiconductor boards, design choices, age,  etc.

Of all this stuff, what contributes the most to a change in how an amplifier sounds?

 

 

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Showing 1 response by asvjerry

Re original query?

Being turned on, or off....everything else subject to budget and/or taste....the latter goes deep end of the pool real quickly....

Always preferred flexibility vs. performance in extremis of late...the latter I can't hear without my aids and the variety of speakers driven for their varied qualities....

"...normally react to my given name (and a few others, done in vain or pain...), but Frank N. Stein re audio distractions will suffice..." 😏

Paraphrasing, "Not so normal as to be Normal, I intended to be a freak for the rest of my life..."

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