On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 06:11:11 -0800, Frank Gilliland
wrote:

+++You are way out of touch with reality on this one, Brian. Tube audio,
+++ESPECIALLY the compressors, are some of the most desireable audiophile
+++circuits on the market. The reason is because the sound that can't be
+++duplicated by silicon. For at least ten years now many major audio
+++equipment manufacturers have included some sort of tube audio in the
+++line, and a few make tube preamps and processors almost exclusively.
+++"Older than dirt"? Right. Sure. And your fourth-generation hacks are
+++state-of-the-art.
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Frank

I agree some of the best high end audio is still produced using tubes.
There are some distortion characteristics that bipolar silicon just
can't get away from. FETs are better than bipolar, but are still
lacking in some aspects.

james