mcwright
| Joined: | Wed Sep 28th, 2005 |
| Location: | SCOTTSDALE, AZ |
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Tubes provide a warmer, more musical sound. On paper their harmonic distortion % is often higher than solid state amplifiers, but it more pleasing to the ears than tranistors. Transistor amps at lower price points often use class B or AB designs. These "switching" amps create an unpleasant or hard sound when pushed (driven hard) to clipping. Better transistor amplifiers with larger power supplies reduce this type of distortion. Class A transistor amps mimmick tube designs (each transistor is on all the time - no switching) but they are expensive and inefficient.
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