Nope, not offended at all, but thanks for your concern.
I'll take your supposition a bit further: you can view any and all reproduction of an accoustic performance in a specific space as "distortion", from the very moment the sound travels away from the source. It will never be a "true" reproduction of the performance no matter what system/listening room combination you prefer. It is all relative. I took no offense at your using the word "distortion". I simply think defining the different forms of amplification by what type of distortion they are more prone towards, is, for the most part, well, silly! It's all distortion...why do you need to make that the operative distinguishing factor? As I said, I'd agree with your suggestion for anyone seeking out system components that suits them for their specific preferences make their own decisions using their own ears (they can't borrow mine anyway), in their own listening space. Obviously I see nothing silly about someone asking advice from others who may have similar tastes as you, and have had experience over many years with the subject they are asking advice on. So my question to you would be the same as the question that arose when I read your first post: what point, exactly, are you trying to make? Yep, there are a whole bunch of people who like the sound of tubes, and a whole bunch who get a hard-on over vinyl? Soooooooooooo? There's also a vastly larger majority of folks who buy their sound reproducing gear at Circuit City and Best Buy and couldn't care one wit about any of this. I presume that none of that has anything at all to do with the reason for Baroque_lover to ask their question in this particular forum. You seem to be warning them off tubes and now vinyl like they were in jeapordy of getting some disease from giving them a try. I've seen no such predispositions towards tubes here. Instead I've observed many folks in both camps, and those in between. I've observed lots of large egos that seem to be attached to personal choices, as well as those with no attachments. I've occasionally observed what's occured to me as really bad advice, as well as repeated sage advice from some members. I'll give those posting and reading here the benefit of the doubt that they can sort it all out for themselves and draw their own conclusions. It seems to me you are suggesting that every post should run with a bold disclaimer reading something like: "The following post contains some views which are only one person's opinion on the subject and should not necessarily be held as ultimate truth in the matter at hand..." I think most folks can figure that one out.
Marco
I'll take your supposition a bit further: you can view any and all reproduction of an accoustic performance in a specific space as "distortion", from the very moment the sound travels away from the source. It will never be a "true" reproduction of the performance no matter what system/listening room combination you prefer. It is all relative. I took no offense at your using the word "distortion". I simply think defining the different forms of amplification by what type of distortion they are more prone towards, is, for the most part, well, silly! It's all distortion...why do you need to make that the operative distinguishing factor? As I said, I'd agree with your suggestion for anyone seeking out system components that suits them for their specific preferences make their own decisions using their own ears (they can't borrow mine anyway), in their own listening space. Obviously I see nothing silly about someone asking advice from others who may have similar tastes as you, and have had experience over many years with the subject they are asking advice on. So my question to you would be the same as the question that arose when I read your first post: what point, exactly, are you trying to make? Yep, there are a whole bunch of people who like the sound of tubes, and a whole bunch who get a hard-on over vinyl? Soooooooooooo? There's also a vastly larger majority of folks who buy their sound reproducing gear at Circuit City and Best Buy and couldn't care one wit about any of this. I presume that none of that has anything at all to do with the reason for Baroque_lover to ask their question in this particular forum. You seem to be warning them off tubes and now vinyl like they were in jeapordy of getting some disease from giving them a try. I've seen no such predispositions towards tubes here. Instead I've observed many folks in both camps, and those in between. I've observed lots of large egos that seem to be attached to personal choices, as well as those with no attachments. I've occasionally observed what's occured to me as really bad advice, as well as repeated sage advice from some members. I'll give those posting and reading here the benefit of the doubt that they can sort it all out for themselves and draw their own conclusions. It seems to me you are suggesting that every post should run with a bold disclaimer reading something like: "The following post contains some views which are only one person's opinion on the subject and should not necessarily be held as ultimate truth in the matter at hand..." I think most folks can figure that one out.
Marco