I'm not sure what this means. What would be an example of a slow transient?
Just a thought how do the VTL's perform on producing natural decay, I think that is important too on reproducing live music.
To my ears, letting go of the disbelief of recorded vs. live music rests on the ability of the piece of gear to create these fast transients. For example, play a low powered tube amp on a demanding speaker and then play the same speakers fed by a quality, high powered SS amp. The transients will sound more realistic with the SS amp. (The decay and "other stuff" is another story...)
I was thinking Spectral as well.in the interest of trying to stay on target, what about the Spectral amps?
Curious - Don (had and loved both tubes and SS)
To my ear, fast transients are one of the most important factors that separates live music from a hifi system. My current winner is the VTL MB 750.
What components have you guys heard that do this the best?
If an amp correctly reproduces transients, fast or slow, why would the decay be any different than the attack? Why would we even want that? As an aside, depending upon how the tubes are biased, and since most tube amps are single-ended (at least in the initial stages), I'd expect the decay to be a little faster than the rise.
I have a few theories (naturally) on the whole "how fast is fast" debate but in the interest of trying to stay on target, what about the Spectral amps?
Curious - Don (had and loved both tubes and SS)
If an amp correctly reproduces transients, fast or slow, why would the decay be any different than the attack? Why would we even want that? As an aside, depending upon how the tubes are biased, and since most tube amps are single-ended (at least in the initial stages), I'd expect the decay to be a little faster than the rise.
I have a few theories (naturally) on the whole "how fast is fast" debate but in the interest of trying to stay on target, what about the Spectral amps?
Curious - Don (had and loved both tubes and SS)
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