In Reply to: RE: Sounds like you are searching for "The Absolute Sound" posted by cpotl on September 4, 2012 at 14:09:35:
BUT .......
I can reliably hear theoretically better capacitors as better / nicer, have been doing so since the late 1970s. Commercial quality - silver micas in cool places, MF polypropylene / polycarbonates / teflons in hot spaces.
Bulk-foil laser trimmed R's do sound better, best ROI is in NFB roles, but doubling the wattage of MF R's in a NFB valve-amp will get you close, for even less, just like well established circuit knowledge suggests.
NFB is not a 'bad thing' but it can be. Triodes are feedback devices.
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Tim Bailey
Skeptical Measurer & Audio Scrounger
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- When it's an inch or four at most, it is a bit unlikely - Timbo in Oz 04:53:21 09/05/12 (1)
- RE: When it's an inch or four at most, it is a bit unlikely - dave slagle 17:29:42 09/05/12 (0)