Ker pow!!!

[walpurgis]

Yes, plasma drivers are interesting. The only mass being the energised 'plug' of air/plasma.

[TheMooN]

Yup, Compression driven horns right up to a Plasma tweeter would be a right hoot........Hmmmmmm, Maybe

[anthonyTD]

Sorry I disagree with the quote, well designed valve amps are capable of very wide bandwidths, Some of mine well exceed 100k, maybe what you were refering to is full power bandwidth, if so' then I can understand where your coming from, but even then, good valve amps do not disgrace!
At very low frequencies Solid State amps undoubtably have the edge over valve amps, solid state amps have very low output impedance compared to conventional valve amps using an output transformer. However; Most well designed valve amps can easily achieve a low frequency response down to around 20hz, which when you think about it, is well below most musical content. Now if we go back to what happens when you connect a conventional loudspeaker drive unit to each design, and take into account what happens with the speaker impedance over its frequency range [as discussed in an earlier post of mine] it should be easily understood that a well designed conventional push-pull valve amp, with minimal feedback around it, and driving a conventional loudspeaker design wins the high frequency debate by default!

and SS amps generally have a much wider bandwidth than valve amps. It follows logically therefore that SS amps are able to react faster to transients in music than valve amps. .

[TheMooN]

Sorry I disagree with the quote, well designed valve amps are capable of very wide bandwidths, Some of mine well exceed 100k, maybe what you were refering to is full power bandwidth, if so' then I can understand where your coming from, but even then, good valve amps do not disgrace!

The latter is how I read this Anthony.

[anthonyTD]

Not sure I understand what you mean Rodger ?

The latter is how I read this Anthony.

[TheMooN]

In that I took Tony to be expressing 'across the full power bandwidth' Anthony, I may be wrong on that conclusion tho !

[anthonyTD]

Ahh, I see, yes, possibly!
And I think you mean Andrew

In that I took Tony to be expressing 'across the full power bandwidth' Anthony, I may be wrong on that conclusion tho !

[Marco]

Most well designed valve amps can easily achieve a low frequency response down to around 20hz, which when you think about it, is well below most musical content. Now if we go back to what happens when you connect a conventional loudspeaker drive unit to each design, and take into account what happens with the speaker impedance over its frequency range [as discussed in an earlier post of mine] it should be easily understood that a well designed conventional push-pull valve amp, with minimal feedback around it, and driving a conventional loudspeaker design wins the high frequency debate by default!

Care to comment on that, Andrew? It certainly reflects what I've heard, whenever I've carried out the respective comparisons

Marco.

[Pieoftheday]

Could my room layout speaker position have an effect on perceived volume/loudness?

[Marco]

Yes, it's possible, simply because speakers and rooms [and how they interact together] affect what you're hearing (often in unsuspecting ways) considerably more than anything else!

Marco.