barty;224693 Wrote: > > For the tube naysayers, I'm betting you've never lived with a good > modern tube rig. It's many people's natural instinct to feel it is > antiquated technology. But with modern capacitors and transformers, > tube amps can be world-class with none of the faults associated with > early designs. Remember, the tube is still one of the most linear > amplification devices known and is still used in numerous military and > satellite technologies. And believe me, they don't use them because > they sound "warm"
You're right, it's not because they sound "warm". It's because they're resistant to the electromagnetic pulse that results from a a nuclear attack. So if you value maximum survivability in your hifi, good argument. Although radiation sickness does tend to decrease enjoyment of just about anything... -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38106 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
