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In Reply to: A question for Mr. John Curl posted by Jerry Parker on August 4, 2002 at 08:13:41:
This thread has erupted into a flame war. I came here hoping that this would not happen. At any rate I have done amplifier comparisions, and sadly I have not heard a difference. Perhaps my hearing is truly poor? The ironic thing was I switched between my normal Technics reciever and a cheap Sony boombox. I would have expected a difference, but did not notice anything, except on transiants and at high volumes, which is to be expected since I was comparing a cheap amplifier vs a midrange one - the technics reciever allowed for more clean power output. Now, I know my equipment isnt exactly "high end" but I have asked several people if what I was hearing was valid or not, and they said it should. Two of which were electrical engineers and know about amplifier design. Why can't anyone explain to me the differences between two amplifiers? I mean, get as technical as you want, why one will sound better than another - and the difference actually be audible. I have heard no valid reasons as of yet why I should believe there is a sound quality difference at low power between a cheap reciever and a 10 thousand dollar amplifier. I hear over and over, that I should trust my ears. I find that to be extremely arrogant to assume that your ears are better at distinguishing sound than testing equipment. Humans cannot hear a difference between an MP3 file encoded at 256kbits from the original source CD - how are they going to hear the most minute differences between amplifiers?
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Follow Ups
- Re: OK, guys... - Jerry Parker 21:59:29 08/04/02 (18)
- NO scientific basis - Adi 11:20:45 08/05/02 (0)
- Are you serious?? - BrassMonkey 09:20:02 08/05/02 (1)
- Re: Are you serious?? - Analog Scott 17:45:08 08/05/02 (0)
- Here's my advice. - orpheus 08:11:26 08/05/02 (2)
- Re: Here's my advice. - Jerry Parker 13:52:03 08/05/02 (1)
- Re: Here's my advice. - orpheus 09:29:54 08/06/02 (0)
- Re: OK, guys... - john curl 22:44:58 08/04/02 (11)
- Re: I have listened to high end systems! - Jerry Parker 10:08:58 08/05/02 (10)
- Re: I have listened to high end systems! - john curl 10:38:21 08/05/02 (9)
- Re: I have listened to high end systems! - Adi 11:27:37 08/05/02 (8)
- Re: No, that is incorrect - Jerry Parker 13:31:01 08/05/02 (7)
- Re: No, that is incorrect - cdb 19:36:55 08/08/02 (1)
- Re: No, that is incorrect - Jerry Parker 20:33:54 08/08/02 (0)
- Re: No, that is incorrect - Analog Scott 17:55:05 08/05/02 (0)
- Re: No, that is incorrect - john curl 16:06:07 08/05/02 (2)
- Shame on you John - Adi 21:53:56 08/05/02 (1)
- Re: Grow Up - Jerry Parker 20:29:09 08/08/02 (0)
- Lucky you - Bruce from DC 14:38:20 08/05/02 (0)
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