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Things that digital (of any type) can't offer the same feeling as analogic do

GordonW said:
Solid-state can do well for acoustic guitar and jazz guitar. For example, George Benson famously used Polytone solid-state amps for many years...

Regards,
Gordon.
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It depends what tone you’re looking for. We tested a vintage Polytone, and it sounds like George Benson for sure - it’s a distinctive sound, but not a pure jazz tone, more like a modern edgy tone. That definitely an SS can do, in fact you probably need SS to get that tone.

I was bent on getting a PolyTone, because George plays one, but not after trying one. Works for George, but not really the classic jazz tone that quality tube amps excel at.
 
Solid state doesn't mean digital, though I suppose you could make that argument for class D amps. Those switch the output devices on and off rapidly, so "digital" in that sense.
 
WATCHES

The digital phase boomed and then busted as fast as it boomed. The reason digital is no good as a watch is very simple. Rarely are we looking for an exact time down to the second. Why would we? So, reading 11:22:05 is a waste of precision. WHat we want to know is, "Is it lunch time yet?" And a set of HANDS against the 12-hour watch face answer the question both GRAPHICALLY and Numerically. The hour hand is like following the sun. Seeing it "almost at the 12" shows you the day is almost half over. It's an instant visual confirmation about the day passing. If you need a bit more precision, you have the minute hand.

Second reason is that it is hard to sell a PRICEY, high end digital watch. What possible value could there be underneath the watch face of a digital watch beyond a simple chip? How can a watchmaker charge $5,000 for a digital watch, unless he puts an ounce of gold under the dial? But analog watch with wild amounts of mechanical complexity, can be sold for $100,000 or more. And, it makes sense because there is the art of making all those wheels and springs and gears.
 
DesertRatt said:
WATCHES

The digital phase boomed and then busted as fast as it boomed. The reason digital is no good as a watch is very simple. Rarely are we looking for an exact time down to the second. Why would we? So, reading 11:22:05 is a waste of precision. WHat we want to know is, "Is it lunch time yet?" And a set of HANDS against the 12-hour watch face answer the question both GRAPHICALLY and Numerically. The hour hand is like following the sun. Seeing it "almost at the 12" shows you the day is almost half over. It's an instant visual confirmation about the day passing. If you need a bit more precision, you have the minute hand.
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One kinda neat thing is my son's Casio is set to WWV time. No need to change the time for daylight saving time.

My analog wall clocks are all set to WWV (Atomic Time). So nice, only need to change batteries once every 2-3 years. :)
 
maybe i'm misreading
but i dont see analog radio, that got most of us here.
ionosphere !!
skip!!!
wonderful,clear, starlit nights
sitting tuning all night, and hoping a good one did'nt drift
and most of it on tubes. when we were kids.


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Telecolor 3007 said:
Any type of digital, including screens.
1st I think of the scale (dial) of some tubes radios. No digital will ever give that feeling. Plus, the magic (tuning) eye. Sorry, no L.C.D. or O.L.E.D. can reproduce it.
Through all that NIXIE and V.F.D. displayes are in theory digital displayes, because they display digits, they aren't 100% digital, because they heart is alive.
I can say "themometer" type speedometers - yes, some can be reproduced digitally, but not the same feeling. Or the sound of some mechanics. Feel more alive. Plus, some push button - you feel touching something, it isn't just a thing to be.
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i missed it, you got it in the fist post.:)
 
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