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Originally Posted by 62caddy
Interesting article. My overall take is that tube equipment is generally preferred in applications involving two basic factors: Clipping and amplified musical instruments. Only in specific types of music are the results of clipping desirable - the effects of which are part of the intended musical expression itself.
However, these effects would almost never be undesirable in the mastering/recording process using nonamplified (acoustic) instruments.
For playback however, clipping is never desirable under any circumstances, regardless of equipment type. Therefore, the advantage of tubes for playback becomes a bit murkier.
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Agreed. It seems playback should be low-distortion.
I think one sentence might be worded differently than intended:
"However, these effects would almost never be undesirable in the mastering/recording process using nonamplified (acoustic) instruments. "
did you mean "desirable", in the context of the sentence?
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