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In Reply to: Understood. I think I got some answers. Thanks! *nt* posted by StylinLP on March 8, 2007 at 13:51:45:
is that they more closely obey the rules of human hearing than transistors.Specifically, they do not generate the odd-ordered higher harmonics which are very rare in nature and also the cause of hardness in transistor amplifiers. Human ears use these harmonics as loudness cues. How they manifest is as: sense of being loud, sense of harshness or hardness/brittle (in extreme cases).
This is perhaps the thing that you can point to that is both measurable and audible (something rare in the world of audio) that is fundamentally different about tubes.
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I looked at your website and didn't see any integrateds. What would you / do you recommend in this category?
I don't have any recommendations- I've not really looked at what's out there. But if I was looking, it would be tube and triode...
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