In Reply to: Re: whao... posted by theaudiohobby on March 24, 2007 at 18:46:53:
and the enjoyment of working out algorithms to achieve some goal.When I was young and stupid, however, I believed in Julian Hirsch and the value of all numbers. Obsessed with them. I could quote chapter and verse of distortion specs for quite a few receivers, amps, preamps, etc. I had my AR integrated amp measured by Dave O'Brien himself. Got the chart. As a result, I decided that I had to have some Crown gear. Why? Because they had "virtually unmeasurable distortion". Yep, that's what I want. Fortunately, the dealer talked me out of the dreadful sounding ICK preamp. The D-150 was a decent amp, but was hard on top and had no image width or depth. Very closed in. Maybe they couldn't measure it, but distortion free they were not. I learned that lesson when I was 17.
Numbers are great when they correlate to real world performance. I value the frequency measurements I've recently performed on three systems. With a forest of bass traps, the main one achieves a very flat response in the first four octaves. Measures good and sounds dead neutral. You'll definitely hear me preach neutrality.
rw
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