Found this article and thought it may be of interest to some-
http://www.milbert.com/tstxt.htm
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Valves v. Transistors.
Found this article and thought it may be of interest to some-
http://www.milbert.com/tstxt.htm
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Interesting for me was the fact that there are measurable differences when valves are used at a mechanical interface i.e. Valve mic,valve disc cutter of amp to speaker.Distortion it may be,but I like it!
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Very interesting article. I've been looking to learn more about the real differences between tube and solid state for a while. Ever since I learnt that 'warm' was a lazy and completely inappropriate adjective to describe valve driven systems...
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More like "fluid" and "natural" to my ears.
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... and other stuff like dynamic and vividly real.
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Damn good article that, thanks for posting it Ali. It would have been even better if he had added in MOSFET comparisons as I have always thought of a well designed MOSFET amp sounding more like valve than bipolar, I have always assumed it is because you can design in a far higher damping factor with fet compared to bipolars. Would like yto know what that author reckons...
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Well bear in mind it was written in 1972,so sand amps were still in their infancy really,though how their sound is described still holds true today to my ears.
Nice little writing.
But let's not forget the MOS-FET as they started to use them with great succes again in e.g. Herron.
They were used before with succes but was to often misused in crappy equipment which led prople to judge MOS-FET as crap.
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errr...maybe I'm not reading every word, the Herron seems to use bi-polar transistors. Mosfets can be good though, Alecto power amps were well liked.Originally Posted by niklasthedolphin
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