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Tube sound facts for kids

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Tube sound (or valve sound) is the sound produced by a vacuum tube-based audio amplifier. All amplifiers distort to some degree; some audiophiles prefer the sound produced by tube amplifiers. The reasons for the difference in sound between tube and solid state electronic devices is a continuing debate among audiophiles.

  • Hamm, Russell O. Tubes Vs. Transistors: Is There An Audible Difference? in Journal of The Audio Engineering Society, presented September 14, 1972, at the 43rd Convention of the Audio Engineering Society, New York.
  • Rosenberg, Harvey (2004). Understanding Tube Electronics II.
  • Santo, Brian. Volume cranked up in amp debate in Electronic Engineering Times, Issue 817, October 3, 1994.

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    Vacuum tubes glowing inside the preamp section of a modern guitar amplifier

  • Blackheart Single ended Class AAmp chassis with the GZ34 rectifier valve installed

    Blackheart 5 W single-ended class-A guitar amplifier chassis with a GZ34 valve rectifier additionally installed

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