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RE: The road ahead

Posted by tube wrangler on June 24, 2012 at 22:13:10:



Some really astute observations here!

Ok-- you wonder what I'm thinking about this:

"All tube amps have some rolloff". I should have said all naturally operating tube amps have rolloff. I left out the application of negative feedback, the application of controlled positive feedback, and the reduction of frequency peaks which will result in frequency troughs appearing larger because the peaks have been reduced by comparison to the troughs. I wouldn't recommend any of these things to anyone who is actually trying to listen to music, however.

"I had excellent 3-head tape decks back in the 70's"...... Agreed, I did also-- The large Ampexes running one-inch tape at 32 IPS, the Revoxes, The commercial 10 3/4 inch Sonys and the large Tascams, etc. These were all superior to the best vinyl-- it was badly compromised by dynamic compression, which included the infamous RIAA curve. It still sounds OK at it's best, but it's no longer anywhere near the standard today. Can you make-- today-- a really great L.P.? You can, and some do! I have no argument there at all.

And, I agree with you some more. No one appliance is going to please all the women in the kitchen. They're going to get what they like regardless of you or I. We can, however, seek to allow maximum dynamics to get through, to allow max. transparency to get through, and to build amplifiers that can actually drive speakers properly. We can do a lot.

After we've done all that we can, the Owner is still the Boss.

---Dennis---