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Re: Neutral audio

If you have been happily comparing amplifiers in whatever way you compare their sound and have been hearing all sorts of differences what are you expecting? It is pretty well certain that many of the amplifiers you have already heard would be indistinguishable from neutral in a controlled listening test (subject to normal caveats about environment and supporting kit) and would be on "the list".

Your perception of sound changes with factors other than what impinges on your ears. If you want to find out what something actually sounds like then you have no option but to perform controlled listening tests. If you are not interested which is a perfectly reasonable position to take when it comes to home hi-fi (I am not interested for this purpose either) then you and I will have to live with the consequences.

> Still, I'd like some brand names and model designations for your
> list, long or short.

Why are you asking me since there is a fair chance that there is nobody who posts on this site that knows less about current commercial audiophile brands than me. I can tell you that most conventional solid state amplifiers above a fairly modest price by audiophile standards driving relatively benign loads in a benign environment will be audibly indistinguishable in a controlled listening test. That should be plenty of amplifiers for your list but I cannot help with the brands. In uncontrolled listening tests I would expect the amplifiers to sound different.


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