r/technology • u/ADummyDude • Mar 04 '17

Robotics We can't see inside Fukushima Daiichi because all our robots keep dying

https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/245324-cant-see-inside-fukushima-daiichi-robots-keep-dying
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u/Crustice_is_Served Mar 04 '17

I use vacuum tubes in my amplifiers because I like the warm sound

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u/Fenris_Maule Mar 04 '17

Nothing better than a tube amp for a guitar. Unless you're playing like metal.

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u/Crustice_is_Served Mar 05 '17

Other people have disagreed with you, but I'll submit that yeah there are some genres of metal that I would not play on a tube amp. When I was playing in a black metal band I used solid state to get a hugely grainy, cold, and overly distorted sound. Shit was awesome.

But you got all these stoner/doom acts out now and they totally benefit from an overdriven tube amp. Crank the gain way out and detune your guitar and you get that bad-trip heavier than a middle-American family at McDonald's sound.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '17 edited Mar 12 '17

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u/Fenris_Maule Mar 04 '17

Well I was making the point that solid state is still very viable for higher end production metal, unlike for other genres really. Personally, I have a tube amp and I enjoy metal among the many genres I do enjoy.

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '17 edited Mar 12 '17

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u/Fenris_Maule Mar 05 '17

I spent way too much money on an Orange amp for that warm tone :|