valve amp?

tom adam EMAIL HIDDEN
Fri Oct 21 15:08:01 CEST 2011


Thank you all for your input.

He's coming over to my place this weekend. He can listen to his jazzy 
blues on the adam A7's and Mackie whatever monitors I got at home.

Cheers,
ToAd

Op 20-10-2011 1:15, Gert van Santen schreef:
> Op 19-10-2011 23:39, Tom Adam schreef:
>> Guys,
>>
>> A friend of mine asked me a music related question I know nothing
>> about.
>>
>> He listens to blues and jazz all the time. Some time ago he was
>> at a place where they were playing a CD he sais he knows by
>> heart. He said that he was very impressed with the sound. It
>> souned way better than at his place.
>> Now he is convinced that the only reason for the superb sound is
>> that it was played through a valve amp. Room accoustics and such,
>> he claims, is not the issue.
>> I now have a friend, apparently with lots of money, who's looking
>> for a valve amp.
>> So does anybody have any pointers to this kind of stuff?
>>
>> I got him at least convinced to first try out the amp (and
>> probably speakers) before buying ;-)
>
> Personally I feel the benefits of listening your music through a valve 
> amp, are, firstly, highly overrated; secondly, only audible through 
> really good speakers (and other A-level components); and, thirdly, 
> heavily dependent on the ears of the listener, the placement of the 
> speakers and the listener, and the room where he/she is listening.
>
> I'm quite sure that for most people, listening music through a valve 
> amp has no real world benefits. I have personally heard a couple of 
> valve amps used for playing CD's and my own music, and I have listened 
> to extremely expensive valve gear during mastering sessions, and 
> although I can definitely hear the added openness and definition 
> during A/B-ing, it's really a subtle difference.
>
> Of course a real audiofile might definitely think it's worth the money 
> to get those extra 3% of quality out of his music system :-)




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