This is probably meant as a question for Pat, but would love to hear what others have determined with the emerging DSP tech as it relates to integration of tube amplification.
Will there be a place for tube amps with all of this? Does there need to be a place for tubes to exist in the chain or does DSP make up for what we all otherwise feel tubes bring to the current passive system equation particularly with high impedence/efficiency speakers such as big Altec, JBL and Klipsch speakers?
Pat is designing speakers with the DSP control and filtering ahead of the amplification but the amplification is still integrated. Is it as simple as separating those two aspects, or does that defeat too much of the benefit?
Pat, what would you say if a potential client came to you and said "I want you to build me a set of your fine speakers, but I want to be able to use tube amplification?
I am wondering about all of this because I like the big ol Altecs, Jbl's, Klipsch etc and am fully invested in the notion that these almost always do best with tube amplification. (plus it's fun)
Will there be a place for tube amps with all of this? Does there need to be a place for tubes to exist in the chain or does DSP make up for what we all otherwise feel tubes bring to the current passive system equation particularly with high impedence/efficiency speakers such as big Altec, JBL and Klipsch speakers?
Pat is designing speakers with the DSP control and filtering ahead of the amplification but the amplification is still integrated. Is it as simple as separating those two aspects, or does that defeat too much of the benefit?
Pat, what would you say if a potential client came to you and said "I want you to build me a set of your fine speakers, but I want to be able to use tube amplification?
I am wondering about all of this because I like the big ol Altecs, Jbl's, Klipsch etc and am fully invested in the notion that these almost always do best with tube amplification. (plus it's fun)