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By: seachnasaigh

seachnasaigh — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

Thanks, Dave … …
Thanks, Dave … and hope your thumb is better!
This is a tough technical/artistic topic. Lots of recording engineers get real religious about this sorta thing. Your vid is a good intro; for the h8trz, this is 10mm into a 10m pond, give the man a break. It’s a complex topic and this is just an intro for folx who haven’t seen any of it.
Love your stuff, Dave. Rockon soon.

By: johnnylifeson

johnnylifeson — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

I agree…
I agree…

By: JonDeth

JonDeth — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

No I’m setting you …
No I’m setting you straight with the knowledge I’ve gained through YEARS studying the technology, dispelling industry myths and modifying, building and even designing circuitry.

Engineering wise, tubes are easier and the high voltage/amperage is the primary reason they perform so well. Would you rather a 100 hp car or a 1,000 hp car?

My point is that under blindfold NOBODY can tell the difference and if you can’t afford something expensive, something cheap can perform equally as well.

By: JonDeth

JonDeth — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

Gee, something like …
Gee, something like the circuit I invented that makes the guitar sound like a trumpet?

The reason tubes are still used so frequently is that while they’re delicate, they’re an easier technology to learn and it’s incredibly difficult to build a piece of tube equipment, complex or simple, that performs like shit.

Get an entrepreneur with basic soldering skills and no tech knowledge, they’ll still be able to design a tube amp off a common design while chips have more capability and difficulty.

By: TaffyRaphie

TaffyRaphie — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

obviously you’re …
obviously you’re saying its the truth AS a sales tactic, that is you would if you were really trying to sell it to me.

By: MrMusicgenius

MrMusicgenius — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

what are u talking …
what are u talking about?

By: Sideler74

Sideler74 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

What’s Up Good …
What’s Up Good People!

That’s the 1st thing I said to Dave when I met him this past Labor Day weekend @ a bar called “The Ketch” in Beach Haven, NJ. We spoke for a few minutes about his YouTube page I told him how I’ver been watching his lessons for a few years now & he was very appreciative. He’s one of the coolest guys ever. Rock On My Good People!

By: Sick1982

Sick1982 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

No, it’s called ‘ …
No, it’s called ‘logic’, I’m not an electrical engineer, and you don’t have to be one, to know enough about materials to be able to judge that something just can’t be replaced by something else. That’s just braindead in ANY discussion. Now, mr I-think-I-am-so-smart-and-upload-poorly-rated-videos, please prove you are right! Give me something that sounds exacts the same like something else but uses different components! No excuses!!

By: JonDeth

JonDeth — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

Generally a tech …
Generally a tech refers to analog and tube separately as analog 99% of the time is referring to solid state circuitry seeing how this is 2009 not 1959.

You use catch phrases rather than technical phrasing which tells me you’re ignorant in regards to both technologies.

Bottom line is clipping characteristics, frequency curves, compression/dampening, line voltages and impedance. Yes, a chip and transistor circuit can behave exactly the same as tube circuits.

Tube/Brand loyalty is lame.

By: lifedelay

lifedelay — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:14:23 +0000

digital is kinda …
digital is kinda cold