thanx: RE: [sdiy] ot: please recommend a low power pentode power amp circuit

[Czech Martin]

Well, you play a guitar amp at insane distortion levels
(that is what it is made for), of course the avaiable
output power is then larger then that of a "clean" sounding
amp (be it tube or solid state).

The loudness also leads to distortion in your ears.
So a very loud source is percepted as distorted,
may be this is a reason why sounds with distortion
products sound louder.

m.c.

-----Original Message-----
From: john mahoney [mailto:jmahoney at gate.net]
Sent: Freitag, 15. August 2003 15:35
To: Nils Pipenbrinck; Synth-Diy
Subject: Re: thanx: RE: [sdiy] ot: please recommend a low power pentode
power amp circuit


I read that a 50W tube amp is louder than a 50W solid state amp. It must be
true, because it was in writing and they had charts to prove it! ;-) But,
seriously, they did. As I recall, this is not just a psychoacoustic effect.
A tube amp does not merely *seem* to sound louder, but it actually is
louder. Unfortunately, I forget the source of this article.

I have also read the exact opposite of what I just wrote: Tube amps merely
sound louder but they are not. But, I am sticking to my "tube amps really
are louder" story. Maybe Uncle Eric or a PhD on the list can shed light on
this.
--
john

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nils Pipenbrinck" <np at inverse-entertainment.de>
[snip]
> It's always funny how people underestimate the volume of amplifiers.
[snip]