Re: WC 150K Post Challenge - You Ready?!
For anyone really interested in vacuum tubes vs transistors here's a very technical paper on it -
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After reading that it makes a bit more sense to me. Transistors are notorious for introducing 7th and 9th level harmonic distortions, usually at higher power. This is a factor with some high powered electronics I've dealt with in the past and a reason why harmonic filters are very important when installing these devices near residential areas but also harmonics are generally bad for your system and can cause all sorts of problems.
So if they were to put harmonic filters or apply some of the technology I know of to amplifiers they could get rid of this issue altogether and produce a sound closer to a tube if not better.
I'm curious if any of the high end manufactures have looked into this or not.