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Depends on what you find fatiguing.

Posted by RC Daniel (A) on October 25, 2009 at 01:47:41

In Reply to: Are there any guidelines on which tubes, amps are less fatiguing? posted by robertd on October 23, 2009 at 18:47:49:

What do you find fatiguing?

Exaggerated transient response can be - so can accurate transient response for some people. Same for dynamics... overt details... emphasised treble, or bass for that matter... Odd order harmonics can do same. One can also become emotionally fatigued when listening some music on a system they connect with; I don't see this as a problem to be avoided (more likely encouraged).

Another perspective. Many (not all) non-fatiguing systems are also uninvolving. Dull. Lifeless. That said, a system need not be dull and lifeless to be unfatiguing, it is just that many are, especially in the worlds of solid state and push-pull pentodes driving inefficient speakers.

There are many more ways of viewing this.

Personally, I find systems with recessed upper bass and (lower) midrange and often with an upward frequency tilt generally to be sonically interesting in an "ooh, ah, what will this disc sound like" kind of way, but emotionally uninvolving where music in concerned. This seems to be the general direction of "HiFi". Add in exaggerated transient response (ring ring) and sibilance and I will find it fatiguing. That said, I can generally enjoy music over 'most any system... though some are more appealing than others.

As for tubes, well, I have little experience there; give me a year or so...

Cheers
Raymond

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