las wrote:
>
> Steve, I remember Dynaco. Didn't they come in kits that you built yourself (like
> Heath Kit).
Yep, I have the "Dynakit" tube amp from Dynaco, that I have been able to
keep running thanks to a fellow in town who is able to track down tubes
and other parts for me. I also have two Dynaco (not kit) solid state
amps that sound incredibly good too.
> Part of what you are saying about tubes and analog is unquestionably true. But I
> still have a Bogen tube amp. While they produced rich warm sound, tube amps
> introduce unacceptable (by today's standards) hum among other types of
> distortion.
Yeah, but that distortion sounds soooo good. Like a warm eider down
comforter on a freezing day. I'm not going to do any production work
with my Dynaco amp due to its 3% THD among other things. When I'm
mixing something, I want playback that is unforgiving, something that
will point out every flaw in the recording. (Genelec speakers are good
at that.) But at the end of the day, when I just want to listen,
there's nothing sweeter than that Dynaco. And the tubes sure are
pretty, glowing in a dark room.
> Digital is a great means of storage because it can be duplicated with no
> generation loss. But all digital eventually has to be converted to analog in
> order for humans to see and hear it.
Until the day when we can plug our heads into our MiniDisc players (or
whatever we have by then) and have the bits fire our neurons directly.
I can't wait for the day when I can mainline audio. (warning, previous
statement is fanciful pondering on a "what-if" scenario. Not to be
taken too seriously.)
> Except when distortion (that is any straying from the original sound or addition
> of sounds or colors that are not present in the original) we call it enhancement.
You hit the nail on the head here. Some distortion is good, some bad.
The good kind, we call EQ or dynamic compression or reverb or something
else. The bad we just call distortion. Everything distorts the sound
to some extent. But if you like the result, then that's what matters.
-steve
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