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		bitwize on March 11, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Young people prefer the sound of MP3s to uncompres... Of course they are. They are de rigueur in the realm of high-end analog audio equipment (which digital still can't touch btw). Tube amps provide linear frequency response and near-instantaneous slew rates that transistors can't touch.

bitwize on March 11, 2009 [–]

And let's not forget the THD characteristics of tube amps. Even-order harmonics ftw.

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