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I think high fidelity as a goal is critically important, and sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks

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Michael Samra

In Reply to: RE: Michael S., about your by-line..... posted by Eli Duttman on March 01, 2014 at 21:50:13

You know you or Jim aren't alone on this because I state it publicly in my signature line.While I clearly understand the argument of some,that audio will never be an exact science and to go with what sounds good to the listener,I still think we should at least try to emulate the original source as much as we can.I haven't found circuits with excessive 2nd order distortion to be able to do that..Yes,certain types of distortion can be seductively pleasing under the right circumstances however, I still want to strive for a reasonable facsimilie of correctness,while at the same time enjoying the seamless attributes that vacuum tubes offer in a hifi audio system.

Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.

Edits: 03/01/14

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RE: I think high fidelity as a goal is critically important, and sometimes I wonder if I'm the only one who thinks - Jim McShane 10:50:42 03/02/14 (1)
Mike,

I know there are some that agree with you and Eli and me, but it just seems to me that over the last few years especially much of the focus has moved away from the pursuit of fidelity.
- it just seems to me that over the last few years especially much of the focus has moved away from the pursuit - Michael Samra 19:30:51 03/02/14 (0)
  Jim
  I think some of that comes from the fact that we are living in a society of convenience.I have people tell me all the time that they know tube amps and vinyl records produce much more realism than CDs,streaming,and solid state amps but they don't want to deal with the inconvenience of changing tubes and cleaning records along with the added expense that comes with it.
  This is a hobby where I would like to think we at least strive for perfection in audio.I had at least six people locally tell me why I was crazy for running 50 year old citation amps on 26k dollar modern reference ESL speakers.One of the guys has the same Martin Logan CLX speakers that I have and he is running Krell mono blocks on them..I invited him over about six months ago and he was silenced by what he heard because he was so shocked at the correctness and the staging of the system.He immediately started looking for a pair of Deuces and he was able to find one, so he calls me about a month ago and asked if I would sell one of my rebuilt citation 2s? I said David,what I am supposed to use if I sell you one of my Citations? Hell,you have all those other tube amps you can use..He acted like he was joking but he really wanted to buy one of my amps and then wants me to rebuild the other he has to match mine.I told him there are plenty of them on Ebay and Audiogon...I have four of them..Two run the ESLS and the others are spares more or less.I had no idea he was looking for a pair until one of our local groupies told me.
  Then there was another guy that heard them and he ended up buying a pair of citation 5s to run on his Quad 2905s.
  It goes to show that when you have speakers that are fast with low distortion and are highly accurate,you are going to want equipment that complements it..I heard the Krells on Dave's speakers and they were clean but they put you to sleep.In other words they were lifeless and boring.
  
  Honest amplification is better than excessive 2nd order distortion anytime.
  
  Edits: 03/02/14

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