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Re: Which Is Better, Tube Amps or Solid-State Amps? [message #65629 is a reply to message #65627]

Fri, 07 January 2011 12:08

Shane
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Adveser wrote on Fri, 07 January 2011 12:04

How hard would it be to run a system, with a crossover, where the mids and highs are amplified by Tubes and the lows are being amped by solid state?

Wouldn't this essentially eliminate Harmonic distortion?

IMO, that is the ideal setup if you want the best of both worlds.

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