Many of the most expensive tube amps/preamp have multiple tubes...6, 8, 10. If direct path is preferred in the speaker by most, why the acceptance of a glass army in one's amp/preamp?
What do you mean you dont hear it like this in a live environment? This makes no sense. I would think you would like the most true to the source system to reproduce, accurately, the way the recording of the live event sounds.
Well the connection between the number of tubes and marketing is ridiculous. The number of tubes has a direct relationship with the output power of amplifiers and then the particular design philosophy of the engineer with preamps and similar. I always view an increased number of tubes as a negative and yet I own Atma-sphere OTLs because the efficacy of this design has been demonstrated through listening. It is a superior design and one of the factors that makes it better requires more tubes than the more traditional.
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