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In Reply to: RE: It's a False Premise posted by Triode_Kingdom on June 16, 2015 at 12:59:48
Triode Kingdom, I certainly agree with you view on that, however, even the most carefully designed amps will age just like everything else in the world. Sad but true.
The most skillfully designed amp could start to hum if its caps start getting leaky due to old age. That of course doesn't mean the amp was poorly designed, it just means that it needs fresh caps.
Maybe not a good comparison but even the absolute best roadster will need new tires after a number of miles. The best guitars will need new strings. et.al.
Again, I agree with your premise. I would be puzzled though why someone with the funds to purchase such an amp would be satisfied listening to a hum? I certainly can't afford a top-of-the-line amp and even I don't like hum! LOL
just my 2 cents worth
roN
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I'm sure what the OP is referring to are the amp designs with hum due to design short comings, not normal aging and maintenance.
IMO, this is classic snake oil marketing by those who promote it. - Let's take all the negative side effects of our product and spin them into advantages. Science be damned!
Music sounds better with just a little hum carefully mixed in! Really?
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"Let's take all the negative side effects of our product and spin them into advantages. Science be damned!"
What does science have to do with it? My ears are better than your ears anyway... Does that ring a bell? ;-)
The purpose of an ideal amplifier is to reproduce the input signal identically except for higher amplitude.
So IIRC, a standard orchestra has 106 instruments? So which of those 106 instruments is the 50/60hz hum generator?
It could be that... or not.
Unfortunately, the realm of the subjective can be exploited by the style of reasoning you suggest - and frequently is, no doubt - but it can difficult to categorise who is being malicious, ill-conceived, genuinely naive, or perhaps have a point. Often, it is not possible to tell from what people type.
Regards,
91.
P.S. That is my final OT post to this thread. Apols.
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