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In Reply to: RE: Different approaches... posted by A.Wayne on December 31, 2017 at 11:57:36:
Hi, A.Wayne,
I'm not really sure what "boring" sounds like. I was responding to cawson@onetel's comment that an accurate amp was "boring". Otherwise, I consider transparency to be what's important if I'm trying to let the signature of a component, the coloration I like, to pass through to the speakers.
In the case of my preamp, it's signature is measured as having plenty of second harmonic distortion which is described as "fattening" up the sound. To my ears that euphonic distortion provides a richness of tone and sweetens the sound without creating a lush, syrupy mess. And why it's important that the power amp I use with that preamp doesn't add much of it's own coloration; it needs to be transparent. The result is that I hear wonderfully pleasing and realistic music played from four different sources.
I don't believe it's possible to have an absolutely perfect sound system without spending a whole lot of money on components and an acoustically engineered listening room. I also don't think it's possible to know exactly what the recording, mastering, and/or mixing engineer(s) heard so whether a stereo component is "accurate" is somewhat moot. In my opinion.
Regards,
Tom
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