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Re: Good Response Soundmind.

As I have said, ultimately accurate sound reproduction like any other sensory perception is subjective. But it is testable and designs are verifiable according to scientific principles. This means that the limits of perception are tested and determined for human beings, the salient aspects of sound fields which are perceptable are determined, and the designs are measured against their ability to meet the demands of duplicating those salient aspects of sound fields. Almost none of this work has been done. The art and science of sound recording and reproduction insofar as the state of the art technology's ability to record and reproduce musical instruments convincingly is to a large degree so far a failure. This is verified in the TAS article and is hardly surprising in light of the fact that critical scientific principles have yet to be discovered and serious engineering solutions have yet to be applied. The technology of the SET non feedback amplifier may have been state of the art in 1936 but in 2006 it is a pathetic joke, inferior to many more advanced technologies in EVERY conceivable way. That it would be offered as state of the art selling for absurdly high prices is outrageous. Of all the limitations in the sound recording/playback process, audio power amplifiers have reached near theoretical perfection. If the people who sell this reprise of 70 year old technology want to be taken seriously by engineers, not just hobbyists, then it is up to them to prove their superiority with scientifically respectable demonstrations which their collegues find credible, not mere testimonials of hobbyists and people looking to write a thesis for a master's degree. And you can be sure, the onus in on them, not on the other 99.9999% of electrical engineers and scientists who rely on the established system of measurement to make critical decisions.

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