On: Korg and Noritake Introduce Futuristic Nutube Vacuum Tubes

[Shivetya]

it plays into that old joke about audiophiles listening to hardware. Perhaps the distortion has properties that ICs fail to emulate, or likely put three of these guys in a room and a blind listening test will have four results.

[huuu → Shivetya]

I had a Microkorg and the emulation is indeed very good. But I think tubes are more 'random' and 'smooth'.

So I agree that there isn't much ICs can't emulate but I also think it can be difficult to write a good emulation program.

[GFK_of_xmaspast → Shivetya]

There's a reason the audiophile community has rejected double blind testing.

[sitkack → GFK_of_xmaspast]

It doesn't offer the bouquet of pseudo science that they demand.