Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 4/2/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!vax135!houxz!houxm!hogpc!houxe!drutx!pmr From: pmr@drutx.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Tubes and solid state Message-ID: <494@drutx.UUCP> Date: Wed, 20-Jun-84 11:08:08 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.494 Posted: Wed Jun 20 11:08:08 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 07:25:16 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 14 <> With all this talk about square waves, tape decks, and new speakers, it struck me that I never read any discussion on the difference in sound between types of electronics, mainly tubes and solid state. Without question, quality solid state gear sounds superior in the lowest octaves, say under 200 Hz, and the highest octave, say over 14KHz. But why does quality tube gear have that unique ability to resolve low-level detail near the noise floor and ambience that solid state gear cannot? Yours for higher fidelity, Phil Rastocny AT&T-ISL ..!drutx!pmr