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mikefromwestyorkshireMember

quote:
Originally posted by region2:
Some hifi buffs insist on valves (and they're made visible as a design feature!) rather than all the hi-tech stuff we have today. I don't understand how vinyl records can sound better than CDs but some of the same buffs (maybe a subset or vice-versa) insist this is the case. Maybe it's the kind of music I listen to?

R2

R2 - the audiophools cause us endless amusement with their oxygen-free speaker cable and bog-standard valves made on a Friday morning with yellow writing. Snake oil is alive and well!
Some vinyl discs are better inasmuch as the actual recordings were better, and have not yet been redone on CD.
Top-end hifi stuff has always used valves - some of it is the one remaining thing that we can manufacture here! There is really no difference in amplifying a small signal to drive a speaker with whatever means.
The main reason for valves being visible is for cooling - not for the valves, but other components.

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