If it ain't broke ... (Forum).Allow me to offer another answer to your article, "Tu*be or what?" Solid-state amplifiers often break after a year or two, and when they do, their circuits are so complicated that they are almost impossible for anyone but the factory to repair and sometimes they break again after the factory repairs them. Tube amplifiers are so simple in their design that if you cannot afford to pay the colossal co·los·sal adj. Of a size, extent, or degree that elicits awe or taxes belief; immense. See Synonyms at enormous. [French, from Latin colossus, colossus; see colossus. prices for them you can design and build them yourself and use every topology topology, branch of mathematics, formerly known as analysis situs, that studies patterns of geometric figures involving position and relative position without regard to size. that makes it a Rolls Royce Rolls Royce the millionaire’s vehicle. [Trademarks: Brewer Dictionary, 928] See : Luxury quality tube amplifier. They are easy to build from scratch with simple hand tools and can be built with the best parts for a few hundred dollars per channel. It does not require a cerebral cortex cerebral cortex Layer of gray matter that constitutes the outer layer of the cerebrum and is responsible for integrating sensory impulses and for higher intellectual functions. the size of a watermelon watermelon, plant (Citrullus vulgaris) of the family Curcurbitaceae (gourd family) native to Africa and introduced to America by Africans transported as slaves. Watermelons are now extensively cultivated in the United States and are popular also in S Russia. to do it, either. "Glass Audio Projects" is an example of a book of amplifiers you can build yourself. It is not as difficult as you think and it will save thousands of dollars. If, in the future, something goes wrong with a tube amplifier it is very easy to diagnose and fix it. Dr. Barney Vincelette Houston, DE Your contention that tube amps can be fun to build and easy to repair is reasonable, but your assertion that "solid-state amplifiers often break after a year or two" is, to put it charitably, dubious at best. There are plenty of excellent-sounding, reliable solid-state amplifiers on the market available for a few hundred dollars per channel; the audiophile An individual who is very interested and enthusiastic about the sound quality of a stereo or home theater system. Quality audio components are designed to reproduce the audio without adding any distortion or coloration. who decides to build a tube amplifier is not coming out financially ahead (especially when you figure in the value of his or her labor), but certainly may feel a sense of pride and accomplishment that other audiophiles do not experience. There is something to be said for that. |
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