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Originally Posted by george kujanski
So half-inch, is it true that music on vinyl sounds "warmer"? It must with all those tubes lit up! george
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Yes; the vinyl sound warmer through tubes and transistors. Cassettes preserve the warm cinyl sound.
Compared to CD through transistors being the worst. Subtle sounds remain as-mixed with vinyl. CDs bring subtleties up front where they don't belong. Ha, in the garage i have a CD Player into a tube console for some commercial free niose. The records in the garage are my "2nds" and get played thru transistors. Still warm enough.
Office stereo has the right setup: vinyl into tube preamp and tube power, into 15" full range, and a second speaker set of 12".
Pink Floy Dark Side of the moon CD vs Album is a clear example of HiFi vs crass mids and highs with headache in 5-minutes.
Tubes vs transistors: many transistor circuits these days sound just fine. Guitar and bass amps even.