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Transistor/tube amps are not linear, inject noise to the signal, have imperfect gain bandwidth's the list goes on....

Ideally we would like a wire with gain, a perfect voltage or current amplifier if you will. There are tradeoffs evident when one actually tries to accomplish this goal. The physics of this imperfect universe ensure there will never be a perfectly functioning gain stage, so the designer is forced to choose between what he percieves as the leser of evils in order to create useable product. It is all a matter of the design tradeoffs made along with what modern technology can offer us with the goal of reducing the tradeoffs to less than audible levels. If one cannot approach this pure wire with gain in all areas of response that are audible then one is left with a difference between what goes into an amp and what comes out of an amp which is other than gain. These nonideal deviations are presumably what is responsible for the various voicings of the different implementations.

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