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In Reply to: You're getting close to admitting that you prefer some distortion posted by Feanor on November 9, 2023 at 09:02:54:
You are right in a sense , I prefer certain types of distortion over other types...-preferably the kind my ear/brain simply doesn't hear because it is masked...-thx evolution! Your flaw is thinking that the residual distortion you see in those measurements is inaudible or is the only distortion extant. Those products you like have a sound character and if that is not a product of their deviation from true linearity then what is causing the character?
My system is "distorted" by your standard and yet differentiation between recordings is very high and on good recordings the tonality of instruments is very close to what one hears live. Gear with Distortion that hides in the gaps of the auditory system will sound cleaner and more natural than gear with even minuscule residual distortion that is unpleasant to hear.
This is further helped by the fact that this blind spot increases with SPL. So, the initially obvious problem with zero feedback amps distortion increasing with power is not as long as the increase is in line with the SPL increase. If the distortion surpasses the threshold where masking is not effective before the SPL catches up you will hear the amp or source "struggling" on peaks or congested passages.
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