Why do we want to distortions?


So I read, Tube amplifiers sound better because of the euphonic distortions they add to the music.
I thought we were trying to avoid distortions.  What makes euphonic distortions sound better?
brubin

Showing 1 response by noromance

All amps produce distortion. Tube amps tend to produce less unpleaseant-sounding higher-order odd harmonics than solid state and potentially more even lower-order harmonics which are pleasing to the ear.