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Originally Posted by Refugee
Low gain is good for effects pedals because the transition from amplification to clipping is less harsh.
The same is true of valve amplifiers.
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Yes that is true, but of course the gain is easily controlled downward, for a higher gain device, by adding simple emitter degeneration which also has the useful effects of elevating the input impedance and making a range of devices with varying beta parameters behave more uniformly. On balance though, it is in the noise department where the silicons win out