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In Reply to: RE: Music may be distortion, but to reproduce the SIGNAL, ADDING distortion does not equal adding music... posted by kuribo on September 19, 2015 at 04:48:24
Try to keep up please.
The SETs add less harmful distortion then SS amps with "low THD", even if they have a higher percentage number.
That is why there is the weighting schemes that Morricab was referring to.
"Low THD" amps already have all kinds of higher odd ordered distortion from the get go.
That is why SETs have the advantage, because they have predominate low even order harmonics that do not compound to the degree of the typical SS amp.
Adding "non-musical distortion" does remove good distortion from the material, it's a proven fact.
Before you ask me to prove it, I suggest looking into RF amplifiers where these phenomenon are encountered on a regular basis.
With your SS gear, you are hearing the cancelling effects that create the harsh tones, not necessarily are you hearing distortion directly.
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Follow Ups:
If you like distortion, of any sort, that is your own personal preference, and you are talking about personal preference when you say some types of distortion or distributions of distortion are "better" than others. Since it is personal preference, you can't make generalizations about what is "best".
And, just because an amp produces what some opine as "bad" distortion, it is meaningless in any case if it is below audibility, which it is in many high performance amplifiers.
SETs may have some advantages, but truth to the signal is not one of them.
I'm not hearing anything harsh from my amp. And since the distortion it produces is at or below the threshold of audibility, it isn't coloring the sound like so many tube amps.
try it! you know you want to!
"If you like distortion, of any sort, that is your own personal preference, and you are talking about personal preference when you say some types of distortion or distributions of distortion are "better" than others. Since it is personal preference, you can't make generalizations about what is "best"."
-No, you are the one who likes distortion! That is why you like that hockey puck!
"And, just because an amp produces what some opine as "bad" distortion, it is meaningless in any case if it is below audibility, which it is in many high performance amplifiers."
-It is not inaudible, if it were, your puck would sound more like a SET!
"SETs may have some advantages, but truth to the signal is not one of them."
-A reasonably design SET is more truthful to the signal then anything SS!
"I'm not hearing anything harsh from my amp. And since the distortion it produces is at or below the threshold of audibility, it isn't coloring the sound like so many tube amps."
-You got it backwards kid, you are the one hearing distortion, your amplifier is the one colouring the sound in a negative way, not the SET!
A reasonably designed SET has less detrimental colourations then anything else, that is the point!
The "colouration" that some hacks claim to be from tube amps is actually the unmolested sounds coming from the source material!
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