[Leica] Re: Advice needed on 35mm lens for Leica M

[creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)]

If this is the case, then why has there been a major resurgence in the
manufacture of vacuum tube equipment?
When I want to listen to music, I listen to my single ended vacuum tube
monobloc amplifiers.
If I wanted to hear over-etched details, I could listen to one of today's
IC
latest gizmo receivers.

Believe me...............I am not alone. Many other music lovers feel as I
do.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 11:39 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Advice needed on 35mm lens for Leica M


> This discussion reminds me very much of the arguments among audio
> enthusiasts at the beginning of the era of solid state (transistor)
> equipment. Various brands of vacuum-tube audio equipment were held up as
> "sounding better" than solid-state audio.
>
> Over time, various engineers, most notably Bob Carver and David Hafler,
> managed to design custom electronic filters that could take the output
of
> a distortion-free solid-state audio amplifier and apply minor
distortions
> to make it sound like this or that brand of vacuum-tube audio gear.
>
> I'm sure that, if it ever matters, someone will develop a Photoshop
plugin
> that can take a picture taken with a modern aspheric lens and distort
it,
> ever so slightly, until it looks as if it had been taken with an old
lens
> that had good glow.
>
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