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| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Dave_b, I used to be pretty skeptical about power cords and such, it's also interesting that you mentioned SS being sensitive. When I bought my Yggdrasil DAC it was really bright. I initially thought that it was something downstream, an interconne... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Dave_b, only that when doing an A/B particularly with consumer vs transparent articulate equipment, listeners ought to be able to identify each, though which they prefer would be a matter of taste. As for us, when we do something to our system it'... | |
| Is there actually a difference? Dave_b, taking time to get a handle on a system's sound isn't the same as being able to hear differences. Before you take a hearing test, you are supposed to have had 8 hours of only low level noise, that can impact an A/B test. OTOH, if someone c... | |
| Is there actually a difference? In my opinion, it would be VERY easy to set up a double blind test where people would be unable to hear differences in various equipment. I would love to find a skeptic to work with where I pick the speakers, and the high end equipment. The speake... | |
| Is there actually a difference? There are so many variables that can screw up such a test. The speakers being a big issue. Some speakers are dark, dark speakers will hid variations. If you find a good full range driver, you have no crossover issues, and assuming that the speaker... | |
| Might try a tube preamp Not bright assumes a neutral system. Nothing is bright with certain components. That they are not bright in your system is great. My system rides the razer’s edge, anything slightly bright added is immediately ear bleeding. For instance, Pasvane C... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? The wattages quoted, 30 something, is pertube, in a pushpull amp you'll double that. | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Well, I believe that John Curl went into a very enlightening discussion on how easily the standards can be gamed, not that that's happening in this case, but specifications are a lot more pliable than most understand. Again, I don't know these man... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? I don't believe that many, if any non electronic instruments go much over 15 or 16K, so I don't think that good tubes are a hindrance with regards to treble. You have found one amp you like. I'd guess that some Levinson amps, as well as some Spect... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Andy2, I don't know what current SS amplifiers are using, but older amps used standard rectifiers, most never used snubber circuits to deal with the fact that diodes ring. Replacing them with soft recovery rectifiers like IXYS bridge rectifiers cl... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Wikipedia has this to say about KT88s and their wattage;"A KT88 push-pull pair in class AB1 fixed bias is capable of 100 watts of output with 2.5% total harmonic distortion or up to about 50W at low distortion in hi-fi applications."Just because a... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Hey Dave,I obviously can't know, but it is possible that in at least some of those instances when you heard a haze it was either the transformers, as in PrimaLuna, or carbon resistors in others. I think a lot of people like that haze, it's why, IM... | |
| Might try a tube preamp Ken Rads on their own suck. They tend to be enormously microphonic, and completely lack dimensionality. What they do bring to the Freya table is tone, instruments sound real. The early 40's Raytheons add dimensionality. Chrome dome Sylvanias are b... | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? A crap bomb, if YOU like, it's good. Yeah, that's a crap bomb! My knowledge and experience is finite, crap bomb. Got it, thanks for adding so much! | |
| Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first? Hi Dave,I was never willing to part with Krell or Levinson type of money. I suspect the haze may be a parts issue, with good caps, resistors, and such I am not hearing any haze. One other reason I have stayed away from Krell and Levinson was circu... |