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Why tubes?

Hi,

Over the years I have owned several reasonably good solid state amps, and several tube amps. I keep coming back to tube amps since they seem to sound more musical to me, and I am trying to understand why.

Measurements I have seen imply that tubes are less accurate. Other than personal preference, are there technical (measurable) advantages to tube amplification vs. solid state? If fidelity to the recording is desired, which approach is more likely to reproduce what is on the recording (good and bad) accurately?

Thanks for any technical insights you might be able to share.
Lynn


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Topic - Why tubes? - Lynn 08:55:45 08/19/06 (121)


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