Pat, I think that saying tubes "color" the sound is rather pejorative in the audiophile world. Tubes sound different. I'll back down from saying better, because that is in the ear of the listener. I'll counter that transistors sound "colored" to me because they don't reproduce the sound of natural materials (woodwinds, guitars etc.) as well as well-designed tube amps. Also, this being an audiophile forum, the cost and weight of materials such as transformers is really secondary to achieving great sound.
Read up on travelling wave tube amplifiers and their use. I am certainly no expert, but I don't believe immunity from electromagnetic pulses is the only reason why tubes have persisted in these applications. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985RCARv..46..484W Now right back atcha, do you have a citation for your assertion that there are no linear tube amps under $1000? As for Pro Audio, you can throw away your Sweetwater or AMS catalog. Every serious studio is using tube microphones and preamps. Not because they distort nice like a guitar amp circuit but because they sound best. Back to the Transporter mod issue, though, I won't be modding mine any time soon because I am happy with the sound. Going through my tube rig. -- barty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ barty's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10121 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38106 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
