rajacat wrote: > If tubes are just a way of changing the tone and adding distortion , > would rolling capacitors just be performing the same function?
Perhaps with a talented designer. But the usual RLC filter can't be as complex as a nice tube and big honking transformer. Tube amps have been well understood since the 1930s. Its easy to get "tube sound" from a tube amp, you can get the same sound from a solid state design, but not as easily. Sure, its 'possible' to make tubes sounds like transistors, and vice versa, but why bother? If you like tubes, get them. If you like solid state, get them. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
