Why Tubes Sound Better
Jul 17, 2009 tubes
There is something about the sound quality that tube guitar amplifers have. What is it?
The first triode tube, the Audion, was patented by Lee DeForest in 1907.
Tubes were widely used in consumer electronics until around 1960, when transistor radios and transistor stereos started becoming popular.
The transition from tubes to transistor consumer electronics was not a smooth one. Early [...]
