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Tube v. Solid State / Analog v. Digital

WHAT'S THE DEAL? I'M NOT AN ENGINEER OR AN AUDIOPHILE. I HAVE HAD KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE SAY THE GOAL IS NO DISTORTION AND THAT CAN BEST BE ACHIEVED IN A DIGITAL/SOLID STATE/CD REALM. OTHER KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE SAY THAT'S NOT TRUE. TUBES/ANALOG/VINYL IS IT. ALL I KNOW IS THAT DIGITAL/SOLID STATE/ CD IS SUBJECT TO MEASUREMENT AND ANALOG/TUBE/VINYL IS BASICALLY NOT. TO ME THE ULTIMATE OXYMORON IS A CD PLAYER WITH A TUBE STAGE IN IT. WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE?
markman

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donnie_c507211
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...I agree with Dekay--vacuum-tube gear
tends to more accurately portray the
voices,etc in a recording--A human voice,such
as Peggy Lee, seems to sound more
like a human voice thru tube electronics than
thru solid-state playback equipment.--An engineer
in the 1950's once said:"If it measures
bad and sounds bad, it is bad..but if it
measures bad and sounds good,then perhaps
you're measuring the wrong things.."(paraphrased)
john c.
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