pre sat vremena na redditu: flyinglotus1983 • 2h What are your thoughts on SET vacuum tube preamps and power amplifiers? Do you consider vacuum tubes to be an outdated technology? How do they sound to your ears? Why the preference for solid-state? 6 NelsonPass • 48m I like single-ended vacuum tubes just fine. I own a couple, and many of my amplifier customers use them. They're not outdated, but I think that field has been well mined at this point. There is more variety in the sound than you might think. Some are forward and bright, some are softer on the top and have a greater depth to the image, and so on. I find solid state more interesting, with more opportunities for creativity. You will note that the qualities of several of my efforts are similar to tubes, both in topologies and types of parts. The latest, SIT-3 is a single-ended Class A with a transformer, VFET (SIT) and no feedback.