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In Reply to: Tom Evans Design Linear A Amplifier (Tube) posted by Vik on January 7, 2006 at 20:17:34:
Synergy with my AN gear, huh? That's actually a tough one to answer, because for the life of me I can't detect anything going on in the sound that I can characterize as "synergy". The AN DAC gets most of what's on the disc into the wires, and the Linear A lets it all through.Maybe this is the synergy that's happening: both AN and TEAD seem to have similar philosophies, to do what's needed technically while doing as little damage as possible to the music in the process. As a result, the sound seems very "undamaged" to my ears - I have no trouble believing that I'm hearing most of what was going on at the original mikes. The music doesn't sound processed at all, which really adds to the "trompe l'oreille" effect I'm hearing. It contributes to a sense of realism that's present on both the conscious and subliminal levels, and makes the sonic illusions so convincing.
All I really know is that any residual sense of the electronic chain is essentially seamless. There's nothing I can identify in the sound as being attributable to one component or the other. I guess that must mean the synergy is pretty damn good.
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- Re: Tom Evans Design Linear A Amplifier (Tube) - GliderGuider 20:50:07 01/07/06 (1)
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