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Everything in audio makes a difference

I don't think many will have a problem admitting there is an audible difference between certain parts. It is just a matter of degrees. Maybe one guy can hear the difference between a cheap carbon pot and a good stepped attenuator. Maybe another can also hear the difference between a poor a quality resistor or coupling cap and top notch ones. Maybe someone else can hear the difference between poor quality chinese tubes and the best of the NOS ones.

But everyone has a point where they say this is "snake oil". For some it is caps and resistors, others interconnects and speaker cables. Me? Well I don't have any magic pebbles and I don't freeze my CD's nor any special clock to improve sound. I don't even buy fancy cables but I do make my own sometimes. But moving a speaker just a few inches can be quite audible depending on circumstances.

IMHO the better the circuit design is the less critical parts quality becomes. For example a fully differential circuit might make power supply quality not as important as it would be in a normal SET amp.


Russ

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