kwkarth
Electronics guys... we have our plusses and minuses. With advent of digital everything, we're being phased out
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Still being lazy, cut and pasted from our chat...
Neruda says:
I know there are different types of distortion, but no distortion is any more accurate than the other. was that one problem you noticed?
kwkarth says:
well, fact is that some types of distortion ARE more objectionalble than others
kwkarth says:
and tube amps tend to produce even order harmonic distortion
kwkarth says:
ss amps tend to produce odd order distortions
kwkarth says:
odd order distortion is much more objectionable sonically
Neruda says:
well there's a whole lot less of it! *pouts*
kwkarth says:
so, if the distortion type is not specified, a tube amp spec’d at .2% distortion could indeed sound cleaner than a SS amp spec’d at .001%
kwkarth says:
BUT...different topologies produce different distortions ...
kwkarth says:
some of the newer OTL designs do indeed produce third or odd order harmonics...bad mojo
kwkarth says:
so there are LOTS of things to consider, but bottom line, what you said originally is right on... Good sounding SS amps are generally way more affordable than good sounding tube amps
'nuff said...
Neruda says:
I know there are different types of distortion, but no distortion is any more accurate than the other. was that one problem you noticed?
kwkarth says:
well, fact is that some types of distortion ARE more objectionalble than others
kwkarth says:
and tube amps tend to produce even order harmonic distortion
kwkarth says:
ss amps tend to produce odd order distortions
kwkarth says:
odd order distortion is much more objectionable sonically
Neruda says:
well there's a whole lot less of it! *pouts*
kwkarth says:
so, if the distortion type is not specified, a tube amp spec’d at .2% distortion could indeed sound cleaner than a SS amp spec’d at .001%
kwkarth says:
BUT...different topologies produce different distortions ...
kwkarth says:
some of the newer OTL designs do indeed produce third or odd order harmonics...bad mojo
kwkarth says:
so there are LOTS of things to consider, but bottom line, what you said originally is right on... Good sounding SS amps are generally way more affordable than good sounding tube amps
'nuff said...