Ok, from that point it is getting a bit artificial:
differences in sound are very often caused by the higher frequency spectrum, above what we are able to hear directly.
We are not talking about a total overdrive of the amp, but of a partial overdrive in the frequency range above 16 kHz.
So you would not hear the distortion but you realize a sound difference...
Thats so far an attempt of a scientific explanation.
Apart from that of course remains the old (and renewed) glory of a tube amp.
Johannes
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Von: Michael J. Hußmann [SMTP:michael_at_michael-hussmann.de]
Gesendet am: 06 November 2001 21:10
An: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
Betreff: Re: [NTLK] AW: Transistors vs. tubes
Johannes Wolf (jwolf_at_xe.estec.esa.nl) wrote:
> from an engineering point of view there is one fact which makes the main
> difference in the sound of
> valve/tuve amps and transistor amps: this is the overdriving behaviour.
This has always been baffling me: I can understand why a guitarist may
prefer a tube amp -- the distortion from a tube amp will be different
from a transistor amp, and therefore the sound will be different as well.
But with hi-fi equipment, one would avoid ever reaching the the point
where distortion occurs, so how can it matter?
- Michael
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