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In Nostatic's thread about his bass amp, I mentioned that some folks can't seem to hear the difference. This absolutely STUNS me. To my ear, the difference is COLOSSAL. Not every tube amp sounds great, but most of the vintage stuff does and some of them sound amazing.
I walked into the house of a business associate of my father's one day. I was about 20 at the time and this was mid to late seventies. I was a musician, if that means anything. I had heard some terrific solid state home stereos. He had a McIntosh amp. The sound instantly BLEW ME AWAY.
I have heard that, as good as a MC-275 sounds, the better sound is with two single-channel 40's. MC-40 or something.
In my humble view, solid state amps can be amazing, and then a very good tube amp will crush those amazing solid state amps with sound that is in a whole different category. I would call the low frequencies "fat," the high frequencies "etherial" and the mids "soundstage." Sublime.
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