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solid state vs tubes

has anyone compared a tube amp to a solid state amp and discovered that the diffference sonically between them was undetectable. ? if so what was the tube amp and what was the solid state amp ?

the reason for the question is the basic issue of the ability to distinguish a tube amp from a solid state amp.

this is especially interesting if the components were in production during the 90's , 80's or 70's.

if the components are in current production the probability of such aan occurrence might increasea.

why own a tube amp if there exists a solid state amp that sounds indistinguishable from it ?
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almarg
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10-02-10: Koegz
Atmasphere; I owned the ZERO gold ic and sp's. They were ok. I was never really thrilled with them. You spend that kind of $'s, even second hand, you should be ecstatic. I never noticed the improvement you speak of. I am not saying it did not exsist. They are very well made, as they should be, but very very stiff. Tough to install and feel comfortable with their instalation.
Koegz, Atmasphere wasn't referring to cables. He was referring to Zero Autoformers, as linked to on the left side of this page.

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bostonbean
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"I wish people would come out sometimes and say, "It sucks". That would make this hobby much more simple."

Well, there are quite a few vinyl advocates that say digital sucks so there is one example for you. Simpler now?
rtn1
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BB, Good point. Perhaps I was being a bit melodramatic. I would like to see something more like: It does A, B, C. But it does not do X, Y, Z.
phaelon
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"I wish people would come out sometimes and say, "It sucks"."

I agree with you Bostonbean, but it's more easily said than done. I have friends and acquaintances that would receive criticism of their wife and kids more kindly than they would their audio systems. I think it's absolutely crazy, but I've seen one friendship cool substantially after the suggestion of a subwoofer; and I've seen another friendship actually end after a guy, who just couldn't take it anymore, asked the host if he could watch television.
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