If we are talking about preamps the tube reliability should be very good.

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Posted by Ralph (M) on September 11, 2014 at 09:00:29

In Reply to: Why solid state sounding tubes? posted by DAVID on September 10, 2014 at 09:45:13:

Tubes hold up much better in preamps than they do amplifiers.

I don't find solid state preamps to have more detail though. IME they have less, although they are brighter. I think the brightness fools some people into thinking they are hearing more detail. But the brightness is actually a coloration caused by very low level higher-ordered harmonic distortion. It just happens that the human ear/brain system is very sensitive to such distortion as it uses the higher orders as loudness/volume cues.

To give you an idea of how sensitive our ears are to higher ordered harmonics, they are so sensitive that the distortion in question is very difficult to measure! This is one area where our ears are more sensitive than our test equipment, and it has been vexing to many, as the on-going debates about tubes/transistors and objectivist/subjectivist have shown.

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Topic - Why solid state sounding tubes? - DAVID 09:45:13 09/10/14 (14)

Because... - wheezer 12:33:26 09/11/14 (0)

If we are talking about preamps the tube reliability should be very good. - Ralph 09:00:29 09/11/14 (0)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? - Hornlover 08:19:00 09/11/14 (0)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? - DeeCee 17:04:14 09/10/14 (0)

I agree - E-Stat 15:07:31 09/10/14 (0)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? For that matter.. - Mechans 13:20:02 09/10/14 (2)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? For that matter.. - pictureguy 23:55:53 09/10/14 (1)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? For that matter.. - airtime 06:23:01 09/11/14 (0)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? - fantja 11:03:25 09/10/14 (0)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? - AudioSoul 10:32:48 09/10/14 (0)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? - Michael Samra 10:32:29 09/10/14 (2)

Never understood why this happens - but here's my two cents - airtime 06:20:24 09/11/14 (0)

What is this 'classic series' you speak of? - TheBrewmaster 22:31:07 09/10/14 (0)

RE: Why solid state sounding tubes? - Palustris 09:56:34 09/10/14 (0)

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If we are talking about preamps the tube reliability should be very good. - Ralph 09:00:29 09/11/14 (0)

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