[Hallicrafters] Tube Sound

[V.A. Weiss]

Absolutely true Rick!
I get so tired of hearing the hype about solid state/digital. Years ago I 
tore out an article, "Tubes Versus Transistors," from the Audio Engineering 
Society magazine titled, "Tube Versus Transistors". What a great objective 
lab study of audio comparison. The jury ruled in favor of tube audio due to 
(as they described it) the "air" of a tube. The best analogy I can make is 
"air" to a tube is like "bouquet" is to wine. Fullness. Rich body.
There will always be those idiots, too, that swear by their solid state amps 
all the while connected to crummy, cheezy speakers. Just HOW GOOD could it 
sound to them? The fact is, they've never heard great audio like that from 
your Bogen or mine coming from my E.H. Scott.
Keep the filaments glowing!

Vern Weiss W9STB





>From: Rick Smedberg <smedberg at t-one.net>
>Reply-To: smedberg at t-one.net
>To: Hallicrafters Collectors Net <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: [Hallicrafters] Tube Sound
>Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 20:44:26 -0500
>
>To JIm Mandelik and all intrested.
>I agree with most of what you say about the so called tube sound.
>But tube amps do sound different. I mean the old 1960's window
>shakers shure do. I was in the hi fi business for many years and
>all the new name brand hi-fi equiptment sound really good but it is
>maybe too clean, i don't know?? I am listing to an old bogen right now
>and it really is more mellow, not much high end. Tube power amps will
>take alot more punishment than transistors. All power tubes have a
>little more head room and can be operated beyond normal levels without
>distorting. Anybody with a ham tube linear has done it. The sound is
>more pleasing to some and just different. But i agree just adding a
>tube is not going to cut it. The whole amplifier chain has to be tube,
>  to get that sound , sorry. Or with computer smmpling it can be had.
>And tube keep you warm on these cold winter nites.
>enough from this old fart.
>73 wa8ylz
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