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never mind that... the KT 120 just sounds GOOD. nT

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In Reply to: RE: tube choice posted by hahax@verizon.net on July 07, 2021 at 20:53:11

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RE: never mind that... the KT 120 just sounds GOOD. nT - hahax@verizon.net 21:41:22 07/10/21 (10)
Everything is colored. This means you prefer KT150 colorations. But linearity is a defineable fundamental and the manufacturer I know says the KT88 is more linear. That just means overall you prefer the color of different tubes, understood.
- The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity_nT - Cleantimestream 14:42:03 07/11/21 (9)
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  - RE: The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity_nT - hahax@verizon.net 20:45:26 07/12/21 (4)
    Linearity of thee equipment comes first. Then you can play with the room acoustics which I agree are very significant. Unless you make your own gear you're stuck with the linearity of the equipment. You do have ability to improve room acoustics.
    - RE: The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity_nT - Cleantimestream 04:43:00 07/13/21 (3)
      The room trumps {by magnitudes} any other consideration. I do make my own amplifiers, most people have never had the unalloyed joy of listening to a SET 801 or a push/pull 45 but that is small in comparison to my speakers and the room. Oh, and by the way, a 6AQ5 tube triode wired is markedly more linear than ANY KT88.
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      - Linearity - Triode_Kingdom 09:12:38 07/14/21 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity_nT posted by Cleantimestream on July 13, 2021 at 04:43:00
        
        "a 6AQ5 tube triode wired is markedly more linear than ANY KT88"
        
        Almost any triode is more linear than a power pentode. If not for the invention of NFB, the latter would be only a laboratory curiosity.
        
        In your experience, how do you feel about the sound of a triode-mode 6AQ5 compared to a 45?
        
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        RE: Linearity - Cleantimestream 11:48:56 07/14/21 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Linearity posted by Triode_Kingdom on July 14, 2021 at 09:12:38
        
        THAT, is about as close as I have heard to a 45 from a beam tetrode.
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        Thanks! (nt) - Triode_Kingdom 22:36:37 07/16/21 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Linearity posted by Cleantimestream on July 14, 2021 at 11:48:56
        
        nada aqui
        
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  - RE: The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity_nT - Tre' 17:17:42 07/11/21 (3)
    "The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity"
    
    OK but does that give a circuit designer license to no longer care about the amount of harmonic distortion produced by the amplifying circuits?
    
    I guess I missed your point.
    
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    - RE: The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity_nT - Cleantimestream 04:37:54 07/13/21 (2)
      The point is, there is a myriad of audio gear out there and everyone hears differently. I still admire the sound of Infinity Epsilon speakers. Compression drivers have ten times less distortion than a cone or dome. On that criteria no one should listen to any other type of driver. The frequency response of Horn speakers is another matter altogether being highly erractic. This whole outlook is comical to me, am reminded of all these over 50 men DEMANDING 20 to 20K frequency response when most listeners HF drops like a stone past 12.5 K.
      
      Ridiculous.
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      - You also forgot... - airtime 13:19:51 07/15/21 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: The linearity you speak is of IS NOTHING compared to room and speaker non linearity_nT posted by Cleantimestream on July 13, 2021 at 04:37:54
        
        that diminished age related hearing also has an effect with consonance. That's the ability of the temporal lobe to discern and produce a pleasantness response by differencing cords. If you want to be complete on the subject.
        
        So ultra high resolution really isn't as important as it was when you were 20. Any neuroanatomist will tell you that.
        
        Ah! the delight of a triangle when I was 9... compared to 59.~nT - Cleantimestream 20:44:22 07/16/21 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: You also forgot... posted by airtime on July 15, 2021 at 13:19:51
        
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