Tube amps to play music recorded on tube microphones?


This is not a novel observation by any means, but I do find that tube amps reproduce the sound of older music more engagingly than solid state, relatively speaking. Vice versa for modern recordings.

Is this because tube amps are better at reproducing the sonics of tube microphones than solid state amps, tube microphones being the state of the art in recorded music for the first half on the 20th century?  

There's probably more to it than this, so if anyone has any better explanations I would enjoy reading them.


redwoodaudio

Showing 1 response by millercarbon

Actually tubes and records are better at everything. Its just you're more used to hearing modern music played back in those more common formats. So you're used to it and expect it to sound bad. When it sounds good (tubes, records) your brain gets confused. Wait? You mean to tell me its supposed to sound like this? Then how come I never hear it like this in the car, elevator, or store? 

Its like I had some nephews, made them my award winning chili. They passed and went for something out of a can. Because to them that was chili. Same for your modern music.