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In Reply to: RE: No I won't talk about distortion... posted by hahax@verizon.net on June 28, 2016 at 08:38:03
And yet a good push/pull amp is probably more linear than an SET due to the non-symmetry of SET output into reactive loads like speakers,
Not subjectively and not as long as neither are overdriven into a compatible speaker.
I had one of the better push/pull triode amps, the VAC 30/30, and it was handily outperformed by several good SETs that I and my friends had on hand. I bought to try out the theory that a good push/pull triode amp would be as good or better sounding than a SET but sadly it just wasn't to be and I found the VAC better than just about every other PP amp I have heard, tube, hybrid or otherwise.
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That means you like it more, totally valid. which amp is more linear is another question. and, of course, mu comments can apply to me too.
It also depends on how you like sound. I recall Gordon Holt telling me he was bothered by audio people always wanting smooth sweet sound when reproduction wasn't always that way. He hated systems that made brass pretty saying real brass blared at you. I'm not assuming what kind of reproduction you like but this is an example of how much things can vary in audio.
"which amp is more linear is another question. and, of course, mu comments can apply to me too"
Linear with regard to what? An oscilloscope or a listener? The two requirements are not equivalent and it is a fallacy to talk about accuracy with regard to what a meter says without the all relevant correlation to what listeners find more correct.
Absolute numbers are (almost) meaningless unless put into the context of what they MEAN to the listener.
Obviously if 90% of listeners prefer a given sonic pattern over others that means there are still 10% that for whatever reason prefer something else...that is nature of the beast.
"I recall Gordon Holt telling me he was bothered by audio people always wanting smooth sweet sound when reproduction wasn't always that way"
I would more or less agree with him and good SET doesn't sound only smooth and sweet regardless of the recording...there is very good contrast between recordings of different quality. What good SET doesn't do is exaggerate defects on the recordings that often have flaws in the high frequencies, which is right where a lot of so called "detailed" electronics have similar flaws.
"hated systems that made brass pretty saying real brass blared at you"
Depends on how far away the microphone is from the horn actually.
I like a very wide range of recordings from big bombastic classical symphonies to single instruments to driving rock to all types of Jazz and even some electronic music.
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