In Reply to: RE: Perhaps, the textbooks are wrong. ;-) posted by Davey on July 28, 2014 at 07:35:33:
Let me try one last time than I'll drop it.
Sure, Distortion for multiple devices drops.
But let me try a thought experiment. Many people say that the way the driver moves FIRST during a drum whack makes a difference. I read about an experiment truncating the first rise of the waveform and it messed up the sound.
I'd submit that a bunch of output devices turning on at what I'll admit are slightly different times DOES make a difference.
I'd like someone to LIST the various distortions which can be measured in a modern amp. I'd suggest that most are measured steady state? no?
It is very difficult to discount the opinion held by many that the lower powered amp in a series where the main difference is 'scale', sounds somewhat better.
A worthwhile experiment would be to thoroughly characterize an amp with off-shelf output devices THAN the SAME amp with devices chosen and highly matched.
I wish Nelson Pass posted here and would insert a few brief comments about output device matching, how many parameters are 'matched' and possible sonic consequences.
Too much is never enough
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- RE: Perhaps, the textbooks are wrong. ;-) - pictureguy 21:24:24 07/28/14 (3)
- I thought you already reasoned your way out of this. - wazoo 06:36:31 07/29/14 (1)
- RE: I thought you already reasoned your way out of this. - pictureguy 11:50:21 07/29/14 (0)
- RE: Perhaps, the textbooks are wrong. ;-) - Davey 22:12:21 07/28/14 (0)