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In Reply to: RE: Yur kidding me - right ! posted by airtime on October 13, 2016 at 07:57:14
SO I have been around for a long time...
Anyway, over the year every now and then ithits the news about some am or other which has so little stability it goes into a death spin if the 'wrong' cable us used.
Maybe a dozen or so designs..
Usually the oscillation stuff.
I guess designing amps is not child's play. However that does not stop some folks.
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It's 5 amp boards. How can you f#@k that up. It's not like they're inventing the amplifier. If you have an amp that is that unstable then it IS an engineer problem. And cables are NOT the right answer. What ya got there is part stereo and part time bomb.
However it does seem that HT amps have an inherent weakness and do seem to toast quickly. Usually due to power issues.
Actually I do remember my advice to a friend, and myself included, was to not sink a lot of money into a HT amp. Because it wasn't going to be around very long. And the friend I told that too did buy an expensive amp. And low and behold two years later - it was a very expensive door stop. But he did acknowledge that I told him that and did replace it with a much cheaper HT amp. Odd - it's been 10 years and he still has it?????
Edits: 10/13/16
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If the amp NEEDS Special Cables, it should COME WITH THEM in the BOX.
Too much is never enough
If the amp NEEDS Special Cables, it should COME WITH THEM in the BOX.
I think we're all on the same page here. But I'll add that if an amp NEEDS Special Cables, it's not an amp that I would buy.
Agree 100%.
Too much is never enough
It seems like the good engineers over at Naim and those other companies painted themselves in an audio corner they can't get out of. And corporate told them to push push push and get it out there!But really that is a poorly designed amp if it does that.
Addendum: Abe you really should check out a VTA ST-70 with those Gold Lion KT66. It's still the best amp I've had or heard.
Edits: 10/14/16
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