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1) The mear size of a the tube's following, makes me believe that I've been missing something. And like you, I don't want to miss anything that might improve the sound that I'm hearing. Everyone here indicates that all tubes are different, which sounds like a mixed bag. On one hand, there just might be a tube fixture that doesn't require a mortition. And on the other is a sinking feeling that there is something inherently wrong with the device that may vary that much for almost no reason (or, @ least it seems nobody bothered to find out).

2) I like tubes in drivers that aren't "dynamic". It has been my limited experience, that the more the driver excurts the duller the sound. The tube seems to compress & soft-clip the sound to give it a very artificial plastic sound. But on the bright side, tubes seem to preclude most dynamic problems (echos from horns, ringing in metal domes, tweeter diffration, conical breakup, port booming, and XO IMD).

It's not that I'm banging a drum against "tube usage". It's more that I'm on a quest for clarity for both amps have pros & cons. I'm looking for a better blend than that's touted. But to do this I've got to learn. So, I sit @ the feet of the tubers, and learn their POV. And in this way I may find the "pot o' gold". Anyway learning is great fun, even if it's humbling @ times. What do you know, a double blessing.


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