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Solid State vs. Tubes - What if Transistors came first?

What do you guys think?

If transistors came first, and then decades later tubes were invented, would we have any tube amps we would call high end?

Wouldn’t they all fail to reach the height of performance and transparency set by transistor amps?

Best,

E

P.S. I love Conrad Johnson. I'm just wondering how  much of our arguments have to do with timing. 
erik_squires
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maritime51
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I dunno, he had illegitimates,too, like my schoolmates mother. 
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I’m sure you understand tonnage is a volumetric measure, related to vessel lifting capacity. 🙀
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I bet you know something about vessels bulging out on your forehead, too.
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Ha, ha!  🐍💩
andy2
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You don’t have to be Mark Twain to write these kinds of garbage. Check out some I came up with while writing a stupid program. I’ll do more once I get a my next Mark Twain inspiration.

 

There are two kinds of audiophiles. Those who are tubes and those who are going to be tubes.

Audiophiles tend to write checks to hi-end gears their bodies can’t cash.

It’s easier to convince an audiophile to upgrade his cables than his speakers which ends up costing the same as the speakers.

In a perfect world, the Brits make mid fi gears, the Germans make cars, the Americans run securities. In a not so perfect world, the Brits make cars, the American make mid fi gears, the Germans run securities.

He whose DAC costs more than the entire system has dog ears.

You can make an audiophile buy any gear in your shop by convincing him his chosen gear is also one of your favorite.

The greatest audiophile equalizer is Audiogon.

I don’t have any data but I am pretty sure a high percentage of college drop outs either become writers or audiophile addicts.


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