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His opinon remains clear

He uses feedback...

Not surprisingly, nuance eludes you in multiple areas.

What he uses is "small" amounts for stability. There is quite a difference between small amounts and heroic (80 db) used by your hero. Let's follow more of his thinking, shall we?

This is from the Xs brochure. (Yes, Virginia that is another link!)

"They found the sound of the [zero feedback] SIT to have truly remarkable properties and it was quickly decided 'Whatever this is, we need a way to bottle it'. Not only did we need to bottle it, but we needed to put it around a much bigger bottle.

In a subjective area where engineering has limitations, it is extremely useful if you can recognize what you want when you hear it. It you have an example of the sound you are looking for, there is great advantage.

Because the sonic quality was so striking, it became easier to discover what modifications to the circuit would make it go away, and by the process of varying the design and listening to the result...A small amount of feedback was employed around the output stage




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