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In Reply to: The would according the engineer Nelson Pass posted by Tweaker456 on October 5, 2016 at 14:58:11:
There, fixed it for ya.
Nelson Pass is nearly a dinosaur. I very well-informed dinosaur, but somewhat archaic nonetheless. His philosophy to solve most problems is to throw gobs of power at it, with much of it being wasted. In this day, that seems to be rather wrong-headed.
I owned a Threshold amp in the 70's and knew of Nelson Pass while many of you were still drinking milk with dinner. Loved that 400A until I got tired of fixing it. That took 20 years and a lot of tunes, played very loudly and with great fidelity. It also generated a fair amount of heat.
But I believe now that all that wasted juice is not required to make great sound. Mr Pass is a brilliant designer and, more importantly, knows what good music sounds like. I only wish he could alter his philosophy to concentrate on using less power, not more, to accurately amplify a signal. Then he would win back my admiration.
Peace,
Tom E
berate is 8 and benign is 9
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Follow Ups
- The world according to Nelson Pass - madisonears 21:12:47 10/06/16 (4)
- RE: He does have these amps last I checked - deafbykhorns 18:45:55 10/15/16 (1)
- RE: He does have these amps last I checked - beautox 01:21:31 10/16/16 (0)
- RE: The world according to Nelson Pass - hahax@verizon.net 13:59:21 10/07/16 (1)
- I never mentioned power output - madisonears 20:00:59 10/07/16 (0)
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