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jujueye · 12-29-2004, 10:28 PM

Nelson - I'm not trying to make you mad or even sound like I'm some kind of irritating snob. Please pm me if I am!!!

Ah, the Richard Clark link rears it's head again, eh? Did you show me that because I said you could hear tubes clipping? OK! (I still think any remotely trained ear can hear tubes clip...) Unfortunately for me, there will be no 10K check in the mail as rule 12 says, "Although anyone is welcome to take the test, only subjects employed in the car audio industry or Car Sound subscribers are eligible for the $10,000.00 prize." Clark is an intelligent man, and I have read much that he has written, but I do find his dismissal of tube designs to be strange. Personally, I thought his rules morph part way through the list to somehow start to include car audio gear. Oh well, its his test, eh?

I still want to know what his gig is about making an ss amp sound like a tube amp with a few parts. One part on that link suggests putting a resistor in line with the output. So this is the same as turning the volume down. Resistors resists, right? TO me ,that just wouldn't do it. If you even consider putting the resistor on the ground side, it should only change the output impedance, and would again have no effect on the sound. I am a bit weary of those suggestions, but would really have to hear it to believe it.

Thanks for the link and lively conversation. Few threads in this category on tfp get over one page! Congrats!

12-29-2004, 10:28 PM	#45 (permalink)
jujueye alpaca lunch for the trip Location: in my computer	Nelson - I'm not trying to make you mad or even sound like I'm some kind of irritating snob. Please pm me if I am!!! Ah, the Richard Clark link rears it's head again, eh? Did you show me that because I said you could hear tubes clipping? OK! (I still think any remotely trained ear can hear tubes clip...) Unfortunately for me, there will be no 10K check in the mail as rule 12 says, "Although anyone is welcome to take the test, only subjects employed in the car audio industry or Car Sound subscribers are eligible for the $10,000.00 prize." Clark is an intelligent man, and I have read much that he has written, but I do find his dismissal of tube designs to be strange. Personally, I thought his rules morph part way through the list to somehow start to include car audio gear. Oh well, its his test, eh? I still want to know what his gig is about making an ss amp sound like a tube amp with a few parts. One part on that link suggests putting a resistor in line with the output. So this is the same as turning the volume down. Resistors resists, right? TO me ,that just wouldn't do it. If you even consider putting the resistor on the ground side, it should only change the output impedance, and would again have no effect on the sound. I am a bit weary of those suggestions, but would really have to hear it to believe it. Thanks for the link and lively conversation. Few threads in this category on tfp get over one page! Congrats!