Dear Samwise: You, like the 95% of the people in this forum are tube lovers: I respect that, anyone have the right to live in the mistake for ever. Let me explain: all tube electronics are the more expensive equalizers that you can find ( a bad one ): when a signal goes through a tube the tube generates harmonics that does not exist in the signal ( so the tube function like a sound generator ), the problem is that we can hear that inexistents harmonics in the original signal, great!.
Other issue with tubes: the frecuency response of a tube amp changes with the changes in the impedance of the speakers: great equalizer! ( this is one of the reasons why the tube electronics have a degraded sound reproduction at the extremes of the audio frecuency response ( for understand this issue you have to have a full range loudspeaker in your audio system ).
So: When do you really can hear what is in the recording when you are using tube electronics?, answer: NEVER, nobody can, the phisics laws are the phisics laws and nobody can change it.
I know that everibody there loves this equalized sound, no problem with this, understand: I'm not against the tube electronics: I'm in favor of the music, that's all.. But all of you are very far from the music than the people that have SS electronics ( today there is no SS sound. This is a myte of the past ).
All of you, music lovers, have to give you a chance to hear the reallity of the music reproduction with SS at your home: it is a different sound?, shure it is: it is nearest to the music. Yes, you have to re-equalized your ears and mind.
Not only I but anyone can probe what I'm speaking here. All the tube manufacturers knows that ( but that is their business ), the reviewers knows that ( but that is their business ), the dealers know that ( but that is their business ). ( take a look to the review of the Wavac SH-833 amplifier that has a retail price of only: 350,000.00 dls ).
Tube lovers ask you why John Atkinson, Larry Greenhill, Anthony Cordesman, R. Harley,... use SS electronics in their audio system.
Sam is up to you.
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.
Other issue with tubes: the frecuency response of a tube amp changes with the changes in the impedance of the speakers: great equalizer! ( this is one of the reasons why the tube electronics have a degraded sound reproduction at the extremes of the audio frecuency response ( for understand this issue you have to have a full range loudspeaker in your audio system ).
So: When do you really can hear what is in the recording when you are using tube electronics?, answer: NEVER, nobody can, the phisics laws are the phisics laws and nobody can change it.
I know that everibody there loves this equalized sound, no problem with this, understand: I'm not against the tube electronics: I'm in favor of the music, that's all.. But all of you are very far from the music than the people that have SS electronics ( today there is no SS sound. This is a myte of the past ).
All of you, music lovers, have to give you a chance to hear the reallity of the music reproduction with SS at your home: it is a different sound?, shure it is: it is nearest to the music. Yes, you have to re-equalized your ears and mind.
Not only I but anyone can probe what I'm speaking here. All the tube manufacturers knows that ( but that is their business ), the reviewers knows that ( but that is their business ), the dealers know that ( but that is their business ). ( take a look to the review of the Wavac SH-833 amplifier that has a retail price of only: 350,000.00 dls ).
Tube lovers ask you why John Atkinson, Larry Greenhill, Anthony Cordesman, R. Harley,... use SS electronics in their audio system.
Sam is up to you.
Regards and enjoy the music.
Raul.