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Perhaps it's just that the two sides need to see the merit in each other

Let's try to find something to agree with on the Aczel side of things. Let's see...

>a "properly designed" amplifier has no sound of its own.<

Literally true. But two different properly designed amplifiers can make the same system sound different. Now before you laugh, consider how many reviews you've read about the same amplifier sounding different by two different reviewers using two different systems. I recall reading about a particular Rotel amp that was called bright, dull, harsh, boring and muddy by different auditioners. Perhaps we're assigning a sound to an amplifier when it's really a system interface issue. Cables even more so have been said to have different traits in different systems. Nordost Valhalla has been called "bright", for example.

It's a subtle distinction but it may be a critical one.


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