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In Reply to: RE: Thank you! posted by E-Stat on November 13, 2015 at 05:56:30
"Then such got lost when SS first arrived and the arms race for "better" metrics and worse sound was prevalent. :)"
Seems that way although I don't believe "worse sound" was an actual design goal back then. I'd guess that the degraded sound was the result of the pursuit of unbalanced objectives with advertisable power and distortion specs taking precedence at a time when SS technology was not well developed. I have to believe the better designers knew what was going on but weren't in a position to resist.
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The problem is the outcome of the techniques used to lower distortion, namely push/pull and negative feedback. The outcome gives the desired ENGINEERING solution of low distortion but doesn't achieve the SONIC soluton of having a proper harmonic content for good sound.
I'd guess that the degraded sound was the result of the pursuit of unbalanced objectives
Absolutely and to the point of this thread - chasing metrics that fail to correlate with qualitative aspects of the listening experience.
Which continues today with some designers.
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