In Reply to: Y'all just can't stop it, can y'all posted by Silver Eared John on January 3, 2006 at 18:58:30:
. . . that we could measure "the voltage and current to the speaker to a resolution that exceeds anything the auditory system can resolve" in 1972?But then, Matti Otala came along in 1973 with measurements of TIM.
See the point? What else is there left undiscovered about amplifiers that might help predict how they will sound? Nothing? How do we know when we're done? Some folks thought we were done when we could produce an amp with flat frequency response, low harmonic distortion and low noise--but we weren't, were we? IM and TIM were yet to be discovered and acted upon.
As I said (but you seem to have missed), I'm hopeful that we might someday have measurements that will actually tell us how an amp will sound. Would make life easier!
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Follow Ups
- Was it not true . . . - markrohr 08:33:43 01/04/06 (42)
- Gonna follow-up his non-response? nt - clarkjohnsen 09:50:00 01/05/06 (0)
- Y'all need to do some homework... - Silver Eared John 13:05:37 01/04/06 (12)
- "So, y'all, what next?"---I posted it before. Do your homework. Meanwhile, do you ever address an actual point? nt - markrohr 09:58:13 01/05/06 (3)
- Re: "So, y'all, what next?"---I posted it before. Do your homework. Meanwhile, do you ever address an actual point? nt - Dan Banquer 17:06:07 01/06/06 (2)
- Um . . . - markrohr 18:57:00 01/06/06 (1)
- Re: Um . . . - Dan Banquer 04:50:38 01/07/06 (0)
- Hey Mark! He's saying you got the dates wrong, not the argument. Congratulations. nt - clarkjohnsen 15:50:09 01/04/06 (7)
- Yep, as usual, audio was way behind the times... - Silver Eared John 18:39:03 01/05/06 (6)
- Still weaseling out of the question. Beautiful show! Shows that way deep down you're... - clarkjohnsen 09:16:10 01/06/06 (1)
- Re: Still weaseling out of the question. Beautiful show! Shows that way deep down you're... - Dan Banquer 17:10:02 01/06/06 (0)
- Would be nice if you actually answered the question: there's nothing left to learn about amplifiers? We're *done*?nt - markrohr 03:21:33 01/06/06 (3)
- Didn't say that, so why don't y'all go bother someone who did... - Silver Eared John 16:41:29 01/06/06 (2)
- Ei-yi-yi. - markrohr 19:13:21 01/06/06 (1)
- I'm not to blame for y'all inability to read. - Silver Eared John 14:51:50 01/07/06 (0)
- "How do we know when we're done?" EASY! Just ask SEJJ or jj. - clarkjohnsen 11:36:57 01/04/06 (27)
- Y'all have to keep up the stalkin' don't ye? - Silver Eared John 13:06:50 01/04/06 (26)
- "...then physics is broken." O ye of small minds! Most of the measurements made by the regnant orthodoxy... - clarkjohnsen 15:45:49 01/04/06 (25)
- Y'all awake there, fella? - Silver Eared John 23:07:35 01/04/06 (24)
- You are *so* full of it. - clarkjohnsen 09:47:15 01/05/06 (23)
- Two orthogonal scalars make a vector. - Silver Eared John 18:00:23 01/05/06 (22)
- "Frequency response" (a favorite measurement) is a scalar. THD (another) is similarly neglectful... - clarkjohnsen 09:13:52 01/06/06 (21)
- So who is suggesting we'd use that, Clark? - Silver Eared John 12:13:36 01/06/06 (20)
- Re: So who is suggesting we'd use that, Clark? - markrohr 13:07:06 01/06/06 (19)
- He's still weaseling out of the question. Beautiful! This one goes into Permanent File. nt - clarkjohnsen 09:22:16 01/07/06 (17)
- When y'all learn the difference between a scalar, a vector, and a function of 't', get back to me. - Silver Eared John 14:55:06 01/07/06 (16)
- Everyone look: WEASELING WEASELING WEASELING! nt - clarkjohnsen 08:43:14 01/08/06 (15)
- Y'all certainly are, Clark - Silver Eared John 13:49:18 01/09/06 (14)
- STILL WON'T ADDRESS QUESTION. SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF SELF. BUT ISN'T. STOP. nt - clarkjohnsen 23:32:40 01/09/06 (13)
- Well, as a sensible question, slick - Silver Eared John 23:38:33 01/09/06 (12)
- Now we may add boldfaced lying, to your miserable weaseling and your rudeness. The question plainly stated: - clarkjohnsen 00:12:57 01/10/06 (11)
- There's no question in that post, slick... - Silver Eared John 16:28:30 01/10/06 (10)
- Re: "There's no question in that post, slick." None anyway that you can answer. IN FACT THERE WERE FOUR. - clarkjohnsen 17:17:25 01/10/06 (9)
- Yeah, yeah... - Silver Eared John 19:58:03 01/10/06 (8)
- Re: No… - $orabji! 15:58:49 01/12/06 (7)
- Please, no substance! No direct answers! ;-) - markrohr 11:53:43 01/13/06 (6)
- Shame y'all couldn't google for 10 seconds... - Silver Eared John 13:15:08 01/13/06 (5)
- When you're interested in conversing rather than preening get back to me. nt - markrohr 15:10:29 01/13/06 (4)
- When y'all interested in real discussion, y'all get back to me. - Silver Eared John 17:42:10 01/13/06 (3)
- Re: When y'all interested in real discussion, y'all get back to me. - markrohr 07:49:16 01/14/06 (2)
- Also... - Silver Eared John 20:52:58 01/14/06 (0)
- Let me explain... - Silver Eared John 20:50:35 01/14/06 (0)
- Don't try to fool me,, son, that's not suggesting the use of a "scalar"... - Silver Eared John 13:29:49 01/06/06 (0)