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RE: Measures Good, Sounds BAD

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Hi Peter H-son,

But spikes are only ONE negative aspect of a great design, it is like saying the Mona Lisa is made with lead paint, and thus, needs to be discarded.

If you measure the new supply in terms of dynamic capability, versus a large L1 (as is the convention), well then, the L-S.E.S. measures fantastically well ! So, in dynamic terms, it "measures supreme, and sounds great".

And yes, as I suggested to Tre', there is no reason why one can not engineer out the RF spikes from critical points of use, which has been done - for the past twenty years.

IMHO, its never engineering alone ! In audio design there exists always - engineering and artistic trade offs. One must choose very wisely, by ear of course, to see where complex engineering solutions should cease, and artistry must begin to dominate.

If you make the triode amp dead quiet, slap DC on the filaments of a 2A3, actively regulate the B+, etc., you do produce a DEAD sounding amplifier.

Jeff Medwin

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