westcoastaudiophile
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| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps "You may not get 100,000 hours on the equipment before corrosion has had a chance to damage the semiconductors" -good point on corrosion! In my experience corrosion hits tube amp sooner than SS! Just look at the power transformer, capacitors, out... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps @atmasphere agree with you on tubes could match better than PMOS/NMOS or N/P BJTs. Please try to measure distortion of tube amp while adjusting bias/balance of the output tubes, and you’ll see how sensitive it is. Then please repeat the same after... | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable "Have you auditioned different USB cables" differentiated by specification/performance or price? | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps @atmasphere "an imbalance in power tubes will cause a 2nd harmonic, not a third" not really, AB imbalance does contribute directly into third (odd) order harmonic increase. Perfectly balanced second (even) only order harmonics distortion, AB desi... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps @invalid "with simple designs fewer parts count” which leads to higher distortion, shorter “relatively good performance" lifespan, and higher maintenance cost, in order to bring tube amp back to spec. SS amps aging at much slower (x100) pace then ... | |
| Zavfino Majestic USB Cable @macg19 you are correct, the key of USP cable performance is ensure no bit errors. Fundamental frequencies in USB transmission are x480MHz, which is beyond of any sound system BW, but high freq. could affect bad-shielding analog cable signal next ... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps "Tube amps in general are far more stable than that!” what is “”than that”, atmasphere? Push-Pull amp tubes misbalance cause increase of odd harmonics, even 5% misbalance is causing more that 0.1% dist. increase easily. keeping tube amp in a ... | |
| Why do Tube Amps sound more romantic v SS amps +1 "Tube Amps sound more romantic” “romance" cost a lot of money though :-) I disagree on comparing all tube amps to all SS amps ! There are amazing sounding/performing/powerful SS amps! I saw some very good tube amp products, simple and genius a... | |
| Pleasurably better, not measurably better how do you measure happiness? | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? @mapman +100 "Wow this Amir guy really knows how to ruffle some feathers in these parts. Maybe he’d be better off just offering up opinions like most everyone else." | |
| Good read: why comparing specifications is pointless "Every Denon and Marantz review is done with prior consultation with the company" LOL! -what is your price tag for “agreed" review? | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers "Well there certainly was something romantic about analogue tape" -practical too, (too) many of sound tracks we run, original or remixed, are originated from studio tapes | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers @rok2id "Because speakers are driven at low impedance (typically 4 or 8 ohms) and high current, speaker cables are, for all practical purposes, immune from interference from EMI or RFI, so shielding isn’t required” -there is a loop inductance of t... | |
| Honesty of the Reviewers @millercarbon +1 "the final arbiter of fidelity is the listener" | |
| Nearly all manufacturers do not advertise/exhibit their product measurements? Why? @millercarbon +100 "it can be very useful to measure certain parameters, in order to quantify progress in design changes, especially changes that might be below the threshold of audibility" - manufacturing of components includes key measurements ... |