[HariBhushan]

Some people say that tube amp gives it more weight and body.
 
and some people say that solid state is better because of the better control/detailness
 
but what are your thoughts?

 

[Anaxilus]

seriously?

 

[joelpearce]

As long as your amp is able to drive your cans half decently, I'm really not sure it makes much of a difference.  If you're paying attention to those kinds of nuances in the sound of your game, you're probably losing.

 

[kool bubba ice]

Hybrid amp like the BADA12 works wonders for gaming.

 

[kool bubba ice]

Trust me theres a difference.. Tubes add weight & flesh to the characters & weight on the weapons. Hard to explain in words.. But weapons have 'weight' to them, & makes the game more immersive & realistic.
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As long as your amp is able to drive your cans half decently, I'm really not sure it makes much of a difference.  If you're paying attention to those kinds of nuances in the sound of your game, you're probably losing.

 

[Slaughter]

Not sure why I am even replying, since we are only talking about games badly compressed audio, but tubes don't automatically equal lush, warm sound. It has been well documented that the M3 amp is a very warm sounding solid state amp and depending on the tubes you stick in an amp, they could sound as sterile as your pee.

 

[joelpearce]

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Trust me theres a difference.. Tubes add weight & flesh to the characters & weight on the weapons. Hard to explain in words.. But weapons have 'weight' to them, & makes the game more immersive & realistic.

 

Fair enough.  I'll do a comparison with my Yamaha home theatre amp and my Musical Paradise MP-301 out of fairness.
 

 

[Anaxilus]

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Trust me theres a difference.. Tubes add weight & flesh to the characters & weight on the weapons. Hard to explain in words.. But weapons have 'weight' to them, & makes the game more immersive & realistic.

 

Looking for these qualities in an amp rather than a headphone seems odd to me.

 

[ourfpshero]

all amps, like headphones, are different.  i prefer soild state amps-in general- for gaming myself.
 

 

[David.M]

tubes all the way

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+9000 about the flesh/weight thingy KBI mentioned.And another plus is the option to alternate the sound to your likings. Like for example, if you game with Bad Company 2, you'll want a tube for your amp that has the best soundstage/realism, but for those vocal centric games with very little to none accuracy needed(Resident Evil springs to mind as an example), you can tube roll to make the voice presentation/mids/environment even better.  It's hard to explain, but once you go tubes , you don't go back to anything else

 

[Solude]

What are the cans and source?

 

[kool bubba ice]

Yes.. & this was with my lowly 212 pro's.. Still amazing... Gears of War.. DAC1 plus my hybrid BADA12.. Even with a decent headphone.. The boom had more bloom to them.. the impact of the area that the bazookas hit had a errie weighty feel to them..
 
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tubes all the way

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+9000 about the flesh/weight thingy KBI mentioned.And another plus is the option to alternate the sound to your likings. Like for example, if you game with Bad Company 2, you'll want a tube for your amp that has the best soundstage/realism, but for those vocal centric games with very little to none accuracy needed(Resident Evil springs to mind as an example), you can tube roll to make the voice presentation/mids/environment even better.  It's hard to explain, but once you go tubes , you don't go back to anything else

 

[wmf]

"Like for example, if you game with Bad Company 2, you'll want a tube for your amp that has the best soundstage/realism, "
 
.... i get great results from a KICAS going into a A900 TI headphone for BC2. HUGE impact, the different weapon sounds are downright amazing.
 
 
 
 

 

[HariBhushan]

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tubes all the way

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+9000 about the flesh/weight thingy KBI mentioned.And another plus is the option to alternate the sound to your likings. Like for example, if you game with Bad Company 2, you'll want a tube for your amp that has the best soundstage/realism, but for those vocal centric games with very little to none accuracy needed(Resident Evil springs to mind as an example), you can tube roll to make the voice presentation/mids/environment even better.  It's hard to explain, but once you go tubes , you don't go back to anything else

 
i like this post. This guy obviously knows what he's talking about.  I whole heartedly agree with going tubes as well. My Woo Audio 3 is incredible for FPS games. Tubes just give it that undescribable feeling, and like you said, you can alternate the tubes to match them with your games.
 
I would like to try a good Solid State like the Rockchopper m3 one day tho to see how it holds up.