In Reply to: OK, I read the article ... posted by TBone on April 22, 2012 at 11:17:17:
I am not sure I buy the argument that SS has better bass. Punchy bass perhaps but not depth which in most every single case tubes win IME.Compare for example the Audio Note OTO's bass depth (and this arguably Audio Note's weakest tube amp) being an EL 84 based designed, directly against a pre/pro (4B) from Bryston. The OTO walks all over the Bryston for bass. The Bryston sounds lean and thin in the bottom end - fast and punchy yes but fake.
Perhaps the argument is true when the speakers are very difficult to drive and at high levels where the Bryston's bass would still be there and the OTO would be huffing and puffing and might completely fall apart - but then as always I ask - why buy such speakers when HE equivalents with bass exist. And again there are far more powerful tube amps and tube types out there.
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