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In Reply to: Could be the signal path posted by Sordidman on May 4, 2012 at 09:12:08:
"Do you have a concrete floor?"
No, I don't and I'm very glad for it. My experience with taming concrete/stucco construction has been dismal. Although this house isn't very well constructed, I likely do have pretty good isolation to the gear just because they are in a closet off the living room right over a main load bearing beam.
"Your judgment, without experience, is silly, if not unfair."
But I have made NO judgment whatever, how could I without data? All I said is that, IMHO of course, an amplifier THAT expensive should have very good resistance to shock and Vib. I suspect that it does as it looks well constructed and the fact that they have gone to extra effort to isolate the core vibrations of the power transformer means that they are sensitive to these issues.
As far as discussions of price and sound, that's beyond me, I truly think they are very poorly correlated but perhaps the more expensive stuff is better on average. We could launch into a discussion of all that's wrong with relying on either price or specifications as the ultimate arbiter of performance but let's not. At least not now as I've got other fish to fry. I'd say my views are similar to most AA posters except that I'm not impressed by price as a reliable metric and I have no desire to go back to tubes.
By the way, this exchange might ultimately help improve my sound. Years ago Charles Hansen told me that I should damp the Nakamichi's heatsinks but I never got around to it. The other day I bumped one with something and it rang for a good five seconds. Contemplating the likely Vib. sensitivity of the LAMM yesterday it occurred to me that the output bugs were at least a possible point of susceptibility, albeit a low gain one, in SS gear as the process of thermally coupling the die to the sink mechanically couples them also. Sooo maybe I should try it? Of course I'll do the RIGHT thing and see if I can measure it first, it should be easy if it's there as the Q is bloody high enough...
By the way I choose gear by ear. Then I measure. Then I buy.
Rick
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