In Reply to: Do you have any specific examples to bolster your generalizations? posted by Chris from Lafayette on June 10, 2024 at 16:46:17:
First, who are you?
Some people think that some components using tubes sound more like music than some other components using only SS. Tubes usually have more measured distortion than SS components.
Some people think that some vinyl sounds more like music than digital. Vinyl clearly has more measured distortion.
Some people, and designers, think that components with no, or very low level, feed-back sounds more like music than components with high levels of feed-back which will always have lower levels of measured distortion. High levels of feedback yielding very low distortion produces sound that is threadbare and uninteresting. Its adherents will call it "clean" and think they have reached Nervana. But it is not music.
By "music" I mean unamplified instruments in real space.
Which is to say, that if your measured distortion doesn't correspond with what you hear, you're measuring the wrong thing. And that's the problem with Amir. He measures, but he doesn't listen. He's always measuring the wrong thing.
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- RE: Do you have any specific examples to bolster your generalizations? - Mel 23:49:56 06/10/24 (48)
- So IOW, it's just as I suggested? - Chris from Lafayette 01:44:16 06/11/24 (47)
- RE: So IOW, it's just as I suggested? - morricab 01:22:02 06/13/24 (44)
- RE: So IOW, it's just as I suggested? - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 14:21:06 06/13/24 (0)
- I agree that huge amounts of negative feedback are generally considered. . . . . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:01:35 06/13/24 (42)
- RE: I agree that huge amounts of negative feedback are generally considered. . . . . . - morricab 02:25:38 06/17/24 (0)
- Yep - E-Stat 07:07:54 06/14/24 (40)
- So are you an absolutist? - Chris from Lafayette 11:41:34 06/14/24 (39)
- RE: So are you an absolutist? - morricab 02:44:19 06/17/24 (12)
- Thanks for the link to the Nelson Pass article - Chris from Lafayette 10:58:32 06/17/24 (11)
- RE: Thanks for the link to the Nelson Pass article - morricab 01:05:58 06/18/24 (10)
- As previously observed - E-Stat 15:35:02 06/18/24 (7)
- Bum rap again! - Chris from Lafayette 11:23:34 06/19/24 (6)
- Your challenge is - E-Stat 16:38:42 06/19/24 (5)
- No, YOUR challenge is not to be star struck by. . . - Chris from Lafayette 17:19:58 06/23/24 (1)
- Too funny! - E-Stat 18:05:34 06/23/24 (0)
- RE: Your challenge is - morricab 03:53:47 06/20/24 (2)
- I'm sorry for the two of you, but the critical observation Geddes made. . . - Chris from Lafayette 17:02:12 06/23/24 (1)
- RE: I'm sorry for the two of you, but the critical observation Geddes made. . . - morricab 02:58:14 06/28/24 (0)
- Taken to its logical conclusion, your point would mean. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:14:47 06/18/24 (1)
- RE: Taken to its logical conclusion, your point would mean. . . - morricab 04:03:07 06/20/24 (0)
- Just a music lover - E-Stat 12:37:24 06/14/24 (25)
- Bum rap alert! - Chris from Lafayette 14:36:31 06/14/24 (16)
- RE: Bum rap alert! - E-Stat 14:50:20 06/14/24 (15)
- RE: Bum rap alert! - Chris from Lafayette 15:11:59 06/14/24 (14)
- RE: Bum rap alert! - E-Stat 15:26:06 06/14/24 (13)
- That's a non sequitur - yet another bum rap - Chris from Lafayette 00:47:23 06/15/24 (12)
- RE: That's a non sequitur - yet another bum rap - morricab 04:10:11 06/17/24 (11)
- What correlation are you talking about? - Chris from Lafayette 11:06:55 06/18/24 (0)
- Absolutely! - E-Stat 16:38:21 06/17/24 (3)
- Yeah - except that THD is only one measurement among many, and. . . - Chris from Lafayette 11:03:38 06/18/24 (2)
- RE: Yeah - except that THD is only one measurement among many, and. . . - morricab 04:06:54 06/20/24 (0)
- Just an utterly useless one! -nt - E-Stat 11:25:34 06/18/24 (0)
- But if that's true, then why does he say what he did in the interview. . . - Chris from Lafayette 10:39:08 06/17/24 (5)
- RE: But if that's true, then why does he say what he did in the interview. . . - morricab 01:11:06 06/18/24 (4)
- Your claim is completely incompatible with his statement - Chris from Lafayette 11:34:34 06/19/24 (3)
- RE: Your claim is completely incompatible with his statement - morricab 03:08:42 06/20/24 (2)
- I think GedLee did his best work in Rush - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 12:02:45 06/20/24 (1)
- RE: I think GedLee did his best work in Rush - morricab 05:45:55 06/21/24 (0)
- SINAD denier, stop the steal! - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 12:46:29 06/14/24 (7)
- Too funny! - E-Stat 13:49:45 06/14/24 (6)
- Too funny is right! - Chris from Lafayette 14:40:08 06/14/24 (5)
- RE: Too funny is right! - morricab 04:11:06 06/17/24 (4)
- Yes - I agree with that! - Chris from Lafayette 10:36:05 06/17/24 (3)
- RE: Yes - I agree with that! - morricab 01:28:01 06/18/24 (2)
- RE: Yes - I agree with that! - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 18:51:20 06/18/24 (1)
- RE: Yes - I agree with that! - morricab 03:48:43 06/20/24 (0)
- RE: So IOW, it's just as I suggested? - Mel 02:12:04 06/11/24 (1)
- Hey, Mel! Have a nice day! ;-) - Chris from Lafayette 11:11:01 06/11/24 (0)