"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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Karl Uppiano wrote:

So what it really boils down to is not tubes vs. transistors, but
transformered vs. transformerless! :-)
(and all of the design pattern differences such a concept entails)

Actually no.

What? No explanation? Just no?

How did you arrive at that conclusion ?

It was a tongue-in-cheek response to Arny's comments. That was what the
":-)" thingie was all about. However, I think it is rather pointless to
compare two circuits that are as completely different as a direct-coupled,
transformerless transistor power amp and a typical iron-laden tube amp. I
would expect a direct-coupled, transformerless tube amp to sound much more
like a transistor amp, if such a design is even practical.