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Originally Posted by Schwarzenegger4Prez
i love how you say niether is better than the other, yet in your description of solid state "sound" you say that makers of solid state amps use complex circutry to emulate a tube amps tone....
the only advantages i see in solid state is reliability and money. when it comes to amps, i dont sacrifice tone for either of those. its kind of like bringing a honda accord ex to a drag race, yes, its reliable, and cheap, but it isnt gunna keep up with the drag cars.
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I can name some solid state amps that can blow tube amps out of the water as far as tone and power.
Please don't try to start a Tube is better argument in this thread. It wasn't written to do that. I wrote it just to give a little insight into the differences.
Also, PLEASE READ MY POST. I never said that the complex tone circuitry was there to emulate tube sound. Also, I said that FET's sound a bit like tubes, not that they emulated tubes. Please don't put words that were NEVER there into my post. Thank you.
BTW, your race car analogy was pointless. The reason being is if you consider the more powerful amp as the drag car, then solid state amps definately have the edge there. Have you ever seen a 1000 watt all tube amp? They aren't that common, but 1000+ watt solid state amps are all over the place.