Profound manufacturer comments

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Fumio Ohashi/BAlabo - TAS 223

Simply put, solid-state (vs. tube) offers the designer finer control of the musical signal. This is particularly valuable in music with complex waveforms such as classical. Even the best tube designs begin to have difficulty with full-scale orchestral and symphonic music. This is most evident in power amplifiers [...] but during critical listening, even tubed preamplifiers will fall short of the best solid-state in control, structure, and individualization of instruments in a large and complex soundfield.

This is not another this vs that thread, but is meant for manufacturer comments you deem interesting, to understand their philosophies that influence their products.

 

[caesar]

Fumio Ohashi/BAlabo - TAS 223

Simply put, solid-state (vs. tube) offers the designer finer control of the musical signal. This is particularly valuable in music with complex waveforms such as classical. Even the best tube designs begin to have difficulty with full-scale orchestral and symphonic music. This is most evident in power amplifiers [...] but during critical listening, even tubed preamplifiers will fall short of the best solid-state in control, structure, and individualization of instruments in a large and complex soundfield.

This is not another this vs that thread, but is meant for manufacturer comments you deem interesting, to understand their philosophies that influence their products.

Ack, as you well know, all designs are compromises. I'm sure you can find a tube designer that can tell you that the designer you quoted has made a certain decision that is driving his statement. Do give a listen to some later CJ gear, and you may be surprised. For what it's worth, I own both SS and tubed amps and pre amps.