Corey Bailey
Audio Engineering
USEFUL INFORMATION
This debate was raging long before the Personal Computer became popular and
it still goes on. Now that we have PC’s and the internet, you can find several
articles on the subject. Some are fact based and some are merely opinions.
There are definite differences that will affect the audio.
Things like distortion, harmonics, noise and power level.
What I’ve done is to present some links that I trust and then you can decide
for yourself because good and bad designs exist for both.
The short story is that you have to use your own ears.
Some of the links are those of manufacturers,
suppliers or service companies.
The links below are arranged in alphabetical order
and some of the articles are bised:
https://www.theaudioarchive.com/TAA_Resources_Tubes_versus_Solid_State.htm
https://www.caryaudio.com/2018/06/04/vacuum-tube-vs-solid-state/
https://www.effectrode.com/knowledge-base/vacuum-tubes-and-transistors-
compared/
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-cool-sound-of-tubes
https://pnpntransistor.com/vacuum-tube-vs-transistor/
https://blog.thetubestore.com/tube-vs-solid-state-why-do-tubes-sound-better/
Return to TOP of page
© Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
DO IT YOURSELF?
ANALOG TAPE
BAKING AUDIO TAPE
LUBRICATING AUDIO TAPE
MOISTURIZING ACETATE TAPE
RECORDS (DISCS)
RECORD CLEANING
REPAIRING A BROKEN 78
FLATTENING A RECORD
ARTICLES
A Little About Sound
Baileyzone
Bit Depth
Conductive Paint
Mold
Optimizing your PC
Packing Records for Shipment
People I have Known
Playing Records Wet
Playing a Wire Recording
Sample Frequency
Saving Your Family Video
SSD’s
The Alley
The Internet
The Ken Slater Tapes
Time Charts
Transfer Stories
Tubes vs Transistors
What Type of Wire?
Your Digital Data is at Risk
TUBES vs TRANSISTORS