what are tubes? Do they make a home theatre sound alot better?

1lakerfan

Should I buy one? I have a denon 2807 reciever

McLoki

Tubes would be mainly for 2 channel not Home theater. (Although I have heard of at least one tube pre/pro for home theater.)

Need to know what your speakers are and your goals with your system are. (2 channel, home theater, etc.) If I was running a home theater (which I am) I would not worry about running a tube preamp or amp unless I was very into 2 channel (which I am not).

Michael

reeltrouble1

No.

RT1

disneyjoe7

Come on now Ted why beat around the bush just come on out and be blunt about it.


Oh you where NEVER MIND

dudeinaroom

IF you get just a tube it is not going to do anything for you except look pretty. If you got a few tube amps to run off your Denon then you would be stylin'

The Naked Truth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube_amplifier

More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_audio_amplifier

disneyjoe7

Are you trying to add to this Forum? Or cause trouble?

The Naked Truth

FYI, some tube amps will cost you an arm and a leg.
For example, this 8W baby http://www.audionote.co.uk/products/amps_power/conqueror_01.shtml would cost over £2,000.
You can see many examples of true Audiophile equipment and prices here:
http://www.noteworthyaudio.co.uk/Products.html

Now that you've seen it, unless you have a lot of spare money to spend, better stay a HT enthusiast.

liordra

disneyjoe7 wrote: »

Are you trying to add to this Forum? Or cause trouble?

Naked's point of view seems pretty clear to me; consider the Graph of diminishing returns, he figures the point on the X Axis, where the Y Axis's stops increasing in sensible increments (the differential is close to Zero) arrives much sooner then most of the Veteran members on CP.
Everybody is entitled to an opinion, especially on the Internet website of one of the most bang-for-the-buckiest Hi-Fi companies I know.

dorokusai

I wouldn't bother with tubes in an HT rig unless its also your 2CH rig. Tubes aren't any more expensive to get into than SS gear, you just need to be informed.

reeltrouble1

The fact is there is some very reasonably priced tube gear available today that just puts SS to shame as far as sound and build quality.

Of course when speaking in terms of money and an individual's ability to lay out dollars, what is sensible to one person may not be to another. But tubed gear is available for just about any budget.

Talking about what something cost can be irrelevent. Although I did not recommend a tube set up for HT, if someone really wanted to, have at it, I suspect another music lover may be in the making.

RT1

tonyb

The more resolving your system becomes,the more you'll gravitate
towards tubes.In your case,try a tube buffer,used at 2-250 clams is pretty cheap and can be re-sold at the same price if you don't like it.Like RT1 said,there is alot of tube gear at cheap prices,new and used.Don't be scared by people trying to push the higher end of tube gear that you can't afford.Also ,as others have said,mostly for music rather than HT.Play around a bit with your gear,thats the fun part of the journey,ask questions,buy used,and who knows,you might become an addict like the rest of us weirdo's.