In Reply to: Need vs. Want posted by Tony Lauck on July 23, 2012 at 08:04:27:
nothing to do with it. It's not the high frequencies that matter it's the midrange, Midrange, Midrange! That is where vacuum tube circuits sound more real and life-like, especially with vocal material, than solid state circuits ever seem able to pull off. After all, we’re not trying to trick an oscilloscope we’re trying to trick the human ear / brain auditory neural system into believing that a recording is instead a real live sound. It's all a magic act and thermionic emitters perform the prestidigitation with more finesse than a hunk of silicon.
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Follow Ups
- Balderdash, tone controlled solid state does not and possibly will not equal vacuum tube circuits. HF has - cfb 08:58:24 07/23/12 (6)
- nah ... - TBone 12:33:03 08/10/12 (2)
- RE: nah ... - Tony Lauck 15:12:57 08/14/12 (1)
- a midrange myth ... - TBone 18:10:52 08/18/12 (0)
- RE: Balderdash, tone controlled solid state does not and possibly will not equal vacuum tube circuits. HF has - Tony Lauck 09:17:20 07/23/12 (2)
- Nope, never recorded, been in the hobby 30 years and reel to reel tape plus vacuum tubes sounds more - cfb 13:27:27 07/23/12 (1)
- RE: Nope, never recorded, been in the hobby 30 years and reel to reel tape plus vacuum tubes sounds more - Tony Lauck 14:16:12 07/23/12 (0)