What is wrong with me?


Why do I like the sound of this old amp?

https://youtu.be/-OyiSwkRT8E

tannoy56

Nothing wrong with you. I love the sound of some of the old tube amps. Reminds me of being a child. Warm and emotionally involving. Much of the most important information... most of the rhythm and pace seems to come through highly bloomed midrange... the emotional content. When solid state came around it added incredible detail and brick wall slam... but lost that emotional connection. A few companies have tried to keep that emotional connection and add detail and bass... but many lost it. 

 

I really like the old tube sound. Two Chinese brothers started their own audio company after fixing Western Electric gear for a long time. They based their company designs on Western Electric schematics. Because they are that good. I have one the their amps. Line Magnetic 216 integrated. It sounds wonderful.

 

Much of the magic comes from the speakers used.

18" woofer mated to a large 12 cell horn/compression driver combo.

I’ve never heard WE’s like this, but I have listened to a similar vintage RCA mono system.

Not saying the that the amps are not nice, just that these types of speakers tend to floor me (like A7’s, 19’s and vintage K-Horns for later models). 

 

DeKay

@dekay I’ve heard a lot of horn speakers (vintage and new as well) but this sound is different. Is it perfect? No. However, the sound is closer to live, not amplified sound - fuller, deeper, warmer with extended notes (slow decay) and an excellent pace.  Many of you would rather hear fast and tight/control notes. Although, exiting and different, to my ears/brain that’s not live music but electronic and artificial bright sounding  reproduction/imitation of sound with an exaggerated extreme frequency on both end of the spectrum and not much music in the middle.