Yes, cables remain very important with both SS and Tubes. With tubes though, alot of the annoyances involved with HiFi seem to disappear or at least diminish. Things like only sounding good at 3:00 in the morning, or when the fridge is off. Or sounding bad for days after vacuuming (I'm not kidding)or when computers are running. Tubes can sound so right and likable that these problems vanish or become unimportant. I suspect cables may be less of a "Life or death" decision for good sound with Tubes, but you will still need to tune the system with the proper sympathetic cable choices till you get it just right. Possibly not the same choices that worked with your SS system, but I wouldn't dump your cables till you at least try them with a new setup.
tube gear vs solid state...cable effectiveness
hi all,
i have a question and im not looking for a debate whether cables make a difference with sound or not. i use semi-high end ($3k and below) cables on my solid state gear (pre,cd,amp,etc.) with exellent results.
i was told by someone who builds tube gear that cables make more of a difference on solid state and are not as effective on tube gear.
i have no experience with tubes but have been thinking of getting into them, and therefore wondering if i should sell some cables off to help fund new tube gear.
your thoughts. thanks in advance.
i have a question and im not looking for a debate whether cables make a difference with sound or not. i use semi-high end ($3k and below) cables on my solid state gear (pre,cd,amp,etc.) with exellent results.
i was told by someone who builds tube gear that cables make more of a difference on solid state and are not as effective on tube gear.
i have no experience with tubes but have been thinking of getting into them, and therefore wondering if i should sell some cables off to help fund new tube gear.
your thoughts. thanks in advance.