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In Reply to: You're describing solid state sound...(nt) posted by mkuller on May 31, 2009 at 20:57:35:
You seem to be describing the timbre of an instrument. Timbre is why a violin playing an A440 (440 Hz, single A-note) is going to sound different than a trumpet playing the very same note. It has to do with the complex harmonics generated by the specific instrument. All things being equal, good tube gear usually approaches a more accurate spectrum of harmonics with respects to the instrument, when judged by human ears.Solid state gear, due to their basic design and feedback constraints often do not do well with these harmonics. Whether it's reproducing the harmonics or adding bothersome artifacts, the results are often an "un-natural" timbre to the instrument's character.
Your gear can be tweaked to better approach accurate timbre. My experience is until the main gear (whether it's the CD-spinner, DAC, pre-amp, or amp) is made to best approximate the natural tone of instruments they are trying to reproduce, no aftermarket item or tweak will really solve the issue.
Edits: 06/01/09
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