[NTLK] Transistors vs. tubes

From: Frank Gruendel (Frank_Gruendel_at_t-online.de)
Date: Mon Nov 05 2001 - 19:38:02 EST


>A lot of this argument sound an awful lot like the early tubes (valves for
>you Brits) v.s. Transistor arguments. Then along came Carver (I think) who
>claimed that he could make his transister amps perfectly mimic the sonic
>characteristics of any tube amp. I seem to recall that he convinced a lot
of
>people. :-)

But transistorized devices definitely can't do one things tube devices never
had a problem with: Prove the physical law that light travels faster than
sound.
Whenever you turn a tube radio on, first thing you see is the glow in the
tubes.
The sound comes way later.

Ok, ok, I'll go to sleep now...

Frank

Newton software and hardware stuff at www.pda-soft.de

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