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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
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Posted: Wed Jun 20 11:08:08 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 21-Jun-84 07:25:16 EDT
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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
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