Quote Originally Posted by markw
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Several posts later, I can see how my point was missed. Originally, you said:

I think I can pretty well state with confidence that the original recording was done with solid state equipment. At least those done within the last 30 years or so.

To which theaudiohobby replied:

I thought my orginal post on the quality of recorded performances vs live went down like a leaded balloon. markw you say the amplifiers were SS, now that is interesting, I wonder what the tube brigade have to say to that.

"Original recordings" as you put it are NOT engineered with power amps in the signal path. The fact that power amps are used downstream of the process is irrelevant to answer theaudiohobby's charge.

rw