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I love my tube stereo. It would take an expensive solid-state amp to get close to its character, and it glows like a little fireplace :) Side note - I have a h
by progrus 4y ago
I love my tube stereo. It would take an expensive solid-state amp to get close to its character, and it glows like a little fireplace :)
Side note - I have a hunch that the term “warm” was coined unconsciously. It’s not the actual sound; it’s the sound characteristic of warm glowing tubes, the sound of electricity fizzing through hot metal.
- kazinator 4y agoFor a few hundred bucks, second hand, I can get a distortion-free sound-reinforcement amplifier, that can pump something like 600W per channel into a 4 Ohm load. The equivalent all tube amp would require a line of credit from the bank, and would need to be on wheels. To inject pleasing tube distortion into it, which I could turn on and off easily, I could put two inexpensive tube pedals in front of its inputs, like these: https://www.amazon.com/TC-Electronic-Tube-Overdrive-Pilot/dp/B079LZL13R https://www.amazon.com/TC-Electronic-Tube-Overdrive-Pilot/dp...
- progrus 4y agoMy stereo is 15 watts (through the tubes, but still) - RIP your ears. Agreed that circuits in the preamp stage make the vast majority of the difference.