[chbot] New valve

[Charles Manning]

Everything until it gets into your ears is part of the "musical
instrument", hence the tuning of concert halls before performances.

You could arguably take it further: everything until it gets into your
brain. Hence the further application of filtering and distortion by drugs
before you actually "hear" the music.



On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 8:18 PM, Helmut Walle <helmut.walle at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 21/11/17 16:00, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
>
>> On Tue 21 Nov 2017 13:02:05 NZDT +1300, Marshland Engineering wrote:
>>
>> odd. It was common to see valve amps with 10% distortion figures quoted
>>> and
>>> transistor with 0.01 %
>>>
>>> When you overdrive valves, as the base guitarists did, it really didn't
>>> sound
>>> that bad.
>>>
>>> Roll on valves.
>>>
>> You are making assumptions - that valve amps are the *only* way to
>> create deliberate distortion^H^H^H sound effects. I disagree with the
>> assumption and consequently with the conclusion... You couldn't create
>> even-order distortions on top of those 0.01%? The most major downside
>> seems to be the aesthetics compared with a glowing bump of 1920
>> technology that looks cool at night...
>>
>> Volker
>>
>>
> The question also is whether the amplifier is seen as part of the musical
> "instrument"... some people see it like that, and the distortion
> characteristics of valves are seen as desirable by some. But I agree -
> surely it must be possible to replicate the same filter characteristics on
> all-semiconductor hardware. A further point to consider are the distortions
> introduced by the electrical-to-sound transducer: the best loudspeakers
> usually add nonlinear distortions of several percent, very good headphones
> a bit less. And then there is the audible difference between harmonic and
> non-harmonic distortions...
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Helmut.
>
>
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