On Fri, 2005-12-16 at 09:59 -0800, Andrew B. wrote: > pfarrell Wrote: > > Humans have evolved for a long time to pay critical attention to phase > > and frequency. It meant telling where the lion was. > > > > But audiophiles also love tube gear, which any engineer > > knows has bad bandwidth (aka rolloff, aka warmth) and all sorts > > of intermodulation distortions.
> Tube preamps can have flat frequency response when properly engineered. > Tubes are inherently superior to transistors in some respects. No argument about how good tube amps can sound from me. The preamps can have flat response a lot easier than power amps. > > Because of the output transformer and the > > feedback used, many tube circuits have a partial bass instability that > > gives a bloated bass. Any warmth in the tube sound is a defect, but > > listeners don't want to know that. Isn't that what I said :-) But, it does sound good. > > I don't have to use tubes in my designs; I only do it for marketing > > reasons. When you are selling a product, you have to provide what people want. Many Audiophiles love tubes. -- Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
