Daveteauk

Whether folks on here like it or not, it's a fact that tubes ARE more coloured and DO produce more distortion - it's not an opinion, it's a fact. Whether you like the sound of tubes is another matter, I've been there; it totally depends on your speakers. Also, with using tubes there are so so many variables. Tubies go on and on about 'tube rolling'! WtF is that about. If SS owners could as easily change their output devices, there'd be another forum on that! Like a stylus, a tube wears out, and wears so slowly that you don't notice it until it fails or you replace with a new(er) one. I don't like variables or unknowns in equipment, so I now stay with SS. I acknowledge that tube amps do have something, and when I say that to peole they say yes, distortion, which is correct, but with the right speaker, they can sound,,,, I resist saying better, but, different. I have a SS amp driving my Magnepan (yes, not Klipsch) 1.7i's, and Jazz sounds wonderful, in the room real, and several of my Jazz musician friends also think so too. Amps and speakers are a pairing, and should be thought of as such, and one is chosen with the other in mind.

'Sorcery'?? MM and MC DO NOT both mean Moving Magnet! The clue is in the 'MM' or 'MC' text! MM = Moving Magnet, and MC = Moving Coil - Duh - it's not rocket science! Try reading it all over again! Good luck in college, you'll obviously need it! You also really have no choice as to what the cantilever is made of - pretty much all MM (and most MC) carts will have aluminium cantilevers, as they are the cheapest.