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From: procter%kulkulkan.Berkeley.EDU@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Steve Procter)
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Subject: Tube preamps
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Date: 19 Dec 90 13:59:23 GMT
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	The most consistent difference is in the imaging.  This is not 
just my opinion (and a major reason that I prefer tube preamplifiers over 
transistor).  I have had friends listen to both and they also notice a 
significant difference.  I have never heard a transistor preamp for <= $1000 
which comes near to sounding as good as my conrad johnson pv10 (in fact I 
have heard several thousand dollar transistor preamps which I don't think 
sound nearly as good).
									Steven