Hi David here. One of the main reasons tube amps have had such a huge resurrance over the last 15 years has been the 3 deminsonial sound and life they give to a somewhat flat and hard sounding medium,the compact disk. Dont get me wrong I still think my Linn Lp-12 sounds amazing but I love collecting new music,400 discs and counting and think many discs sound very good to great. Im using the Cary 306 player with Arc pre and power amp and would have a hard time switching to SS gear. Sometimes I bitch about the cost of NOS tubes,replacement etc. but really this is the kind of sound that often plays late into the night.
Will tube amp give more of an analog sound to CD's
I have no experience with tube amps. Although I have very
good solid state amps and have tried tubed preamps I'm still
not satisfied with the analytical sound of the CD's. Even
the best sounding CD's lack that sound that seems to be only achieved with LPs. Components are Magnepan 1.6 speakers,McCormack DNA 0.5 Rev B, Krell KPS 20i/l. Anybody?
good solid state amps and have tried tubed preamps I'm still
not satisfied with the analytical sound of the CD's. Even
the best sounding CD's lack that sound that seems to be only achieved with LPs. Components are Magnepan 1.6 speakers,McCormack DNA 0.5 Rev B, Krell KPS 20i/l. Anybody?