yepimonfire
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No offense, but that is about as open-ended of a question as, "Have you ever tried food you haven't liked?"
There is a great misconception that tube amps are warm and syrupy. Sure, some are. But, so are some solid state amps. Some tube amps are ice cold. In my opinion, the only major difference between solid state and tube amps is the latter's ability to have better holographic imaging. The rest of voicing differences depend on the circuit design and implementation.
3D, realistic imaging.
do you have any idea what causes that effect? sorry, i'm just curious about them and wonder why so many people like them.
It's actually imperfections with the tube sound. Distortions and harmonics are often pleasing and make for more life like sounds than transistors.
If I make a tube amp that sounds awful, I would never sell it. That goes most of the time with tube amp designers. They try to create a product that you and I would buy and enjoy listening to. Its also in the ears of the beholder.
Possibly the point of this threadMany people find imperfections "pleasing"; many don't.