Would it be too far of a stretch to guess you like tube amps better?
Too bad they're so damned expensive.

-Vincent Deno

> John Payson wrote:
>
> > My point was that if a transistor and tube amplifier are both set up
> > for an 8 ohm load, are fed a 1KHz sine wave, and have the gain control
> > set for 8 watts' output, the transistor amplifier will try to output 8
> > volts RMS (into whatever load is actually attached) while the tube
> > amplifier will try to output 1 amp RMS (into whatever load is act-
> > ually attached).
>
>   Unless, as Bob said, it uses feedback, in which case its behaviour
> driving a variety of loads will approximate the transistor one.
>
> > In the extreme cases, a transistor amplifier has no problem driving an
> > open-circuited load but may be damaged by a shorted output.  Tube
> > amplifiers have no objection to driving a short, but may be damaged if
> > operated for too long open-circuit.
>
>   Of course, the two exceptions here are the transistor amplifier fitted
> to the Siemens 2000 16mm movie projector around 1968 which blew the
> output devices *instantly* if activated without the speaker fitted, and
> valve amplifiers with feedback which would tend *not* to blow the output
> transformer or capacitors if operating into open circuit.
> --
>   Cheers,
>         Paul B.
>

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Vincent Deno
Design Engineer
Theta Digital Corp.
www.thetadigital.com
denovj@email.uc.edu
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