Has anyone gone from loving tube sound, to "what was I thinking?"

[youknowyou]

There are some good tube amps and also some terrible ones.
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of course, but everytime ive compared a good ss to a good tube amp, Ive prefered most of the time the good tube. go figure 🙂

 

[7n7is]

Why do you have a Tube amp?
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[EStat]

Has anyone gone from loving tube sound, to "what was I thinking?"

Nope.

 

[kevinkr]

Guys let's stick to the topic of discussion, some posts not germane to the actual discussion have been removed.

 

[7n7is]

I remember overhearing a conversation on an elevator between two people arguing over who has the best CD player and amp and I said you get the best sound listening to a record through a vacuum tube amplifier. They thought I was joking.

 

[EStat]

...and I said you get the best sound listening to a record through a vacuum tube amplifier. They thought I was joking.

Time to smile and walk away. 🙂

 

[DavidL]

I remember overhearing a conversation on an elevator between two people arguing over who has the best CD player and amp and I said you get the best sound listening to a record through a vacuum tube amplifier. They thought I was joking.

You weren't 😕 too sad.

 

[a.wayne]

Guys let's stick to the topic of discussion, some posts not germane to the actual discussion have been removed.

Yeah , just what we need , a toob cop ..... 😀

 

[chris661]

If anything I would say that SS imparts a tone that tubes do not.

Is a "tone" the same as a lack of "tone" that we're used to?

IMHO, valves impart the tone, but I listened to SS exclusively for years before hearing any valve equipment.

Valve amps simply aren't an option for the power levels I require**, so I don't pay them much attention.

** my PA system is also my stereo. I use 400w/ch for the mains and ~2.5kW for the subs. At home, the amps just tick over. During a gig, its just about the right amount of power.

Chris

 

[SNR]

Sometimes there isn't the option to go with valves, I agree.

What types of gigs are you doing?