[BC] tube sound (was: bta-250m

[Rob Atkinson]

Speaking of tube warmth sound and all that, does anyone use tube mic preamps 
or any other tube air chain gear or are all of you all solid state (and 
baseband digital) these days?

rob atkinson

From: "SHAFFER, RANDY L" <RandyShaffer at ClearChannel.com>
Reply-To: Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: [BC] bta-250m
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 02:59:14 -0500


Willie responded -
 >I can't see how an old transmitter can actually sound better than a modern
 >one. That's interesting!

I think it is a subjective thing, sort of like folks who still prefer 
records or carts to CD's. There is a warmth
and coloring to the audio that modern digital equipment doesn't have, 
because it generally is flat and clean.

We use to prefer the sound of our old 1942 RCA 1K over the 1950 BTA5F. When 
we really wanted to enjoy
the sound of the station we would switch to the 1K for "testing" during the 
evening hours. That was the
transmitters undoing as it was on the air when we took a direct lightning 
hit. Replaced with an MW-5A.
Just not the same at all.

Randy Shaffer
Harrisburg, PA

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