I think, first of all, with SS something is missing. It's a negative coloration. Then there is always this metallic element to their sound. That's positive coloration.
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There is timbre presentation, there is all spatial aspects of the presentation , there is the general immersiveness impression ... Today nothing of that is reserved to tube amplification or to S.S. amplification... Each tubes amplifier and each S.S. amplifier is a specific case... Now add to that class D ... And any other variation ...Between integrated or amp and pre-amp... As larsman just said :
Prejudices are not knowledge...
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Now Bob Carver is a legendary audio component designer... Dont trust my words listen to him at 16 minutes in this video talking about S.S. done right and tubes amplification... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ9USqpclWc&t=2s By the way Sansui made the same thing emulating perfectly their best tubes amplifier in a S.S. design and they did it EXACTLY as a public test behind veil ... I own one of their best S.S. design in the alpha series ... it sound so good i returned my last upgrade after one hour and it was one of the best tube design in the world... Synergy matter more than tubes versus S.S. a no more meaningful debate for decades now... The implementatrion of a design matter more than the material components ... Next thread! |
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