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In Reply to: RE: Or...it's getting easier by the day posted by J.D. on April 16, 2009 at 18:52:20:
Hmmm...methinks you're speaking out of distrust of the unknown.
Really, JD, it's not that hard to build tube circuits that sound great. I prefer tube designs because the parts count is low and the results are inherently musical. It's very similar to cooking or brewing beer - the best ingredients simply prepared can be magical. Hard to accept maybe, but true all the same.
Do you really think Budweiser and Coors are the only companies qualified to produce top quality beer with their labs, test equipment and boffins in white coats? And are all the micro-brewers (and their fans) delusional?
Um...no. Sorry. Thankfully there are still things in the world that a motivated individual can excel at, and even break new ground once in a while.
Granted, solid state is more difficult to get 'right' which is why so few designers get it right. John Curl, Nelson Pass, Walt Jung - all brilliant SS designers. To be absolutely correct I should say brilliant ANALOG SS designers. Too many of the goobers in the biz were trained in digital EE techniques and their amps sound sterile because of it. So even the propeller-heads get it wrong if they don't start out with the right context. Technology is not a substitute for vision or creativity.
You also seem to have a very low regard for your fellow audio enthusiast. Why wouldn't any of us be able to tell when something sounds right? What formal training allowed you to grasp the essential goodness of your 301? Was it tenth grade math or college intro to Physics 101? Did you scope and measure your 301 to "prove" how musical and right it sounds? Did you have a trained listening panel evaluate your 301?
No. You could hear it. I bet the English gents who designed the 301 did as much listening and tweaking to the design as they did formal analysis. Like it or not, that is the way of many things in this world.
(Even doctors have to poke around for parts once in a while. I have a friend who regularly scares the crap out of me despite her years of med school and medical experience. The stories she tells... Life is uncertain and variable. Really.)
Please. I'm not claiming that rigour and technical knowledge aren't beneficial, but there have been enough stinkers designed by really bright guys for me to ignore that as a "necessary" ingredient for success. Yes, it helps, but it's not impossible without it.
To get back to your original post in this thread, I think some vinylistas are not sensitive and insightful so much as OCD and anal-retentive. They NEED to feel in control and to be reassured that their gear is absolutely the best that can be designed.
The rest of us, not so much. ;-)
Pete
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- RE: Or...it's getting easier by the day - P Fowler 20:14:10 04/16/09 (1)
- RE: easier by the day - J.D. 21:04:59 04/16/09 (0)
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