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RE: no argument - no problem

"It was you that made a bold statement in either this or another thread that your system has "zero" distortion, which we all know is impossible"

Now you are getting ridiculous, really. I said my system has no negative feedback, not no distortion. Big difference.


I did hear the reissues driving a pair of B&W Silver Seven monitor speakers.

"You state that the absence of Negative Feedback is bad, when by all accounts, Negative Feedback is a method that makers use as it allows them to make their products at less expensive price point;
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No, I state that the USE of Negative feedback is bad, which is why my system is feedback free. You are seriously confused about what I am saying. ABSENCE of negative feedback is generally good if the design and parts are of very high standard.

"I told you that I hear no audible distortion and provided the spec's to support that contention. Yet, you still insist that I'm wrong and there's more to it than just the spec's...but it was you who directly linked distortion with character;
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The point is that those specs DO NOT support your contention. As I have heard your amps and many other EL34 based amps with similar design, I know they have "character" that is rather typical for the type. Obviously distortion is responsible for an amp's sound but it is not what is reported by specs...one has to dig much deeper to understand...clearly you have not because you think showing me specs supports your case.

"I noted a well known and respected critic"

I was a reviewer for many years but I have never heard of that guy. Now, if you told me HP or Martin Colloms said it I would take it more seriously. So, he is basically an opinion that I don't take seriously.

"I posted a thread from the Vintage Section wherein there was a very accurate accounting of the VAC Reissue Marantz Model 9's, but I can only assume that you chose not to even open up the link and read any of it.

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Oh, I read it...and?

"What I'm seeing is 3% of Total Harmonic Distortion, talk about character! Wait, the spec's don't tell the whole story. I know that they get great reviews and probably are great sounding, so why is it so important for you to try to diminish what others have, I just don't get it.
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Hmmm...it doesn't occur to you that 3%THD is at FULL POWER did it? Funny thing about no feedback amps is that they have distortion that changes with power output. That means at lower power they have much lower distortion. At 1 watt the distortion is well under 1% (more like 0.1%) and at 100mW it is probably less than 0.01%. The S/N ratio is 96db...much higher than most other amps (even hooked to 100+db/watt horns you hear almost nothing). Of more importance though is the monotonic distortion character, which drops dramatically with increasing order. Most of what distortion there is is 2nd order, which has been shown to be inaudible up to several %. Finally, bass distortion is very low due to excellent transformers, which is a major cause of "tubey" character. Listen to a good OTL amp and you will understand. Does my amp have no character? Of course it does but far less than most...and I have heard most.

BTW., I never said your amps sound bad...but I am sure they could be made to sound better.

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