why is beer so popular when wine is just better?
Why is solid state more popular when tubes are better?
Yes tubes are more involved and require periodic maintenance. Hybrid tube components need not apply, these are really solid state.
Tubes are better for multiple reasons and yet the world and the trade prefers solid state. Those rare audio shops that are geared toward stereo listening and serious connoisseurs tend to Focus more on tubes. Those in business who like to improve volumes tend to offer solid state. All the YouTube channels looking to improve their business tend to be solid state. Maybe because tubes require much more expertise to sell, and there's lesser and lesser to go around. Solid state is more of a fast food commodity.
Tubes are difficult for businesses due to all the maintenance and complexity so you see it less often. Much much easier to sell hybrids or solid state.
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@emergingsoul have you arrived at this conclusion based on your personal experience? Would you mind sharing? What amps are we talking about?
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Ahem....*clears keys v. throat, which y'all wouldn't hear anyway...* A little virtual demo....*s* I have 2 stakes at hand, and a large primitive mallet in hand. The ss and tube entities are trussed, unable to escape. *Drives stakes into both....(sorry y'all miss the choreography involved in doing the driving simultaneously, but....a bit of forced mind expansion is good for one....)* ...well, we used to cop that as an excuse for the '60s' into the early '70s', but you get my drift.....;) 😏 There.....task complete.... Now...*jerks stakes out; the entities tremble, and rise up and return to biting the random individuals in the scattering crowd.....zombie-like, they turn to bite those still stunned by the whole event...* See? Not a damn thing has changed, the ss zombies are a bit more quick about it so their numbers increase faster.... The tube zombies are more limited, but they don't move as fast. I think it's a 'warm up' issue....🤷♂️ There's is a small group that's getting bit simultaneously....but they're a little confused for the time being....need to watch over them.... *G* ;) @mahgister ....to wit... ;)
*L* If anyone should ask that, I think it ought to be me...*vaguely distracted look, having sat on one of the stakes...* MRI & CT scan analysi came back....CT showed arthritis in my neck...probably from that bunch that tried to string me up with string...(idiots couldn't find their way out of a wet Kraft bag...), the MRI showed the typ deteriorata from age and my left sinus was blocked (which I knew going in...), but the 'funny music' it made has changed me Forever.... ....just have to wait 'n see if it was a Good one....or a Badd one..... Meanwhile....Y'all....Look, Pay ATTENTION....*shesh* Enjoy what boats your float....sumptin' like that, anyhew.... *drifting off into the distance....* ...don't make me 'demo again'....it'll just get messier.... ...chow ....
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Atmasphere manufactures Class D amps to so he's invested in the technology (I haven't heard his Class D mono amps but I imagine they sound fine) so there's that, and although he claims they measure like tube amps, I'm not sold. I switch from an allegedly "tube sounding" Pass XA-25 to my single ended tube amp from time to time (currently using the tube amp) and there's some magic in those tubes...they're different...the tube magic might be from distortion (I use very efficient speakers so the amp never works very hard) but so what...I like it. I also like the XA-25. A lot. Maybe I'll hear Ralph's monos someday...anybody want to loan me a pair? |
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