I only partially agree

Posted by plantsman (A) on August 8, 2012 at 15:41:29

In Reply to: RE: I'm a generation behind on ARC amps posted by Mechans on August 8, 2012 at 12:13:27:

Where is Bambi when we need him?
I don't think the early ARC house sound was at all solid state sounding although it was more incisive and neutral than C-J products of the same era.
IMO it turned slightly more SS sounding in the mid to late '80s but still held on a fair chunk of tube virtues. You almost have to go product by product from this point on as the house sound was something of a moving target. Somewhere around 2000 the house sound took a definite turn toward SS IMO but I understand that the latest generation restores some tube qualities.

The driver tubes on Ralph's amps are (or at least were) somewhat tube rolling amenable.
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Topic - Are tube liquidity/palpability and neutrality antithetical? - jazz251 14:39:15 08/04/12 (18)

No- its all about distortion - Ralph 10:39:06 08/06/12 (3)

RE: No- its all about distortion - morricab 05:02:34 08/08/12 (0)

RE: No- its all about distortion - Jim McShane 11:52:56 08/06/12 (1)

RE: No- its all about distortion - Ralph 12:53:24 08/06/12 (0)

RE: Are tube liquidity/palpability and neutrality antithetical? - Alex M 03:45:03 08/06/12 (0)

Nope - triode 13:41:39 08/05/12 (0)

RE: Are tube liquidity/palpability and neutrality antithetical? - Jim McShane 10:49:48 08/05/12 (3)

RE: Are tube liquidity/palpability and neutrality antithetical? - ahendler 12:32:59 08/05/12 (2)

Yes, but it's not the harmonics on the continuous tone that gives characteristic timbre. - Timbo in Oz 01:07:17 08/15/12 (0)

RE: Are tube liquidity/palpability and neutrality antithetical? - Jim McShane 11:38:55 08/06/12 (0)

Nope tubes have real advantages as amplifiers - Timbo in Oz 21:48:39 08/04/12 (0)

No - Jack G 18:07:43 08/04/12 (0)

I don't have an answer to your question - 1973shovel 17:46:04 08/04/12 (0)

I'm a generation behind on ARC amps - plantsman 16:41:43 08/04/12 (4)

RE: I'm a generation behind on ARC amps - AbeCollins 07:08:16 08/06/12 (3)

RE: I'm a generation behind on ARC amps - plantsman 06:17:45 08/07/12 (2)

RE: I'm a generation behind on ARC amps - Mechans 12:13:27 08/08/12 (1)

I only partially agree - plantsman 15:41:29 08/08/12 (0)

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