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RE: Yes, yes, yes

"I'm afraid I have a personal issue on agreeing with that. I can't do non real world hypothesis. I just don't see the point and my brain won't allow me to make the that step.

I'd like the discussion to be relevant to Dave's sim. 0 impedance caps don't fit into that as far as I can makeout."

But Dave's answer doesn't fit into the sims.

"Having excessive capacitance as the last element really seems to exaggerate the overall flavor of the capaitor. While a 30 mic solen might get a little aggressive, 200 mics of solens, rips my head off. a 40 mic asc is very musical with just a hint of romance. 200uf of ASC's covers the music in corn syrup."

It seems to me that you want it both ways.

"Anyone who thinks they're building amps that are faithful to the input are IMHO, deluding themselves. It's just more honest to admit we're building happy music machines...."

Human perceptions are delusional. A bunch of synaptic firing, only partly based on the sound pressure impinging on our ears.

To judge sound, the listener has to train his ears (learn to be objective) and be very familiar with the sound of the original instrument. To just say "it sounds good" or "it's very musical" is almost completely meaningless. What we want to know is, does it sound like the original instrument. Not if it is pleasing or "musical".

"0 impedance caps don't fit into that as far as I can makeout."

There are no zero impedance caps. The reactance of a given value cap is known and can be measured. That is the very thing that does fit into Dave's sim.

Tre'


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