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What they are confusing this with is their preference
for an intentionally flawed but
entirely pleasnt and relatively benign form of
distortion. Nothing wrong with their
listening preference but the presentation of this as
inherently superior is utterly
bogus.

The idea that valves are simply "added distortion"
and nothing else could only be made by somebody with
a) very little knowledge of modern valve circuits
and how they sound or b) somebody with cloth ears.


A Swedish "very high end" dealer told me just
recently: quote:

" The very top of the audio market is totally
dominated by tube amplifiers. Music lovers in this
sector (many of who have speakers at 10k a pair) are
highly discerning."

In short, he has a lot of respect for people that pay
his way. Proves nothing.

*Denial* is the 'Christian Way', eh Arny? :-)

In truth what one high-end esoteric dealer says does
indeed prove nothing.

It reflects the situation in his own location, amongst
his own client-base. I agree this may or may not be
representative of the situation in other regions, or as a
whole.

Or, what he wishes it to be.

The Scandanavians must be a gullable lot if their folklore doesn't include a
lot of jokes along the lines of:

Q: How can you tell that a salesman is lying?

A: His lips are moving.


I feel sure that if the dealer had said "tube amp sales
are zero" then both you and Arny would have both responded
gleefully, "There, you see! That proves it!"

Iain forgets that I own a Conrad-Johnson preamp.