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Listener Fatigue

"Speaking of class A PP, I just acquired an AES AE 25 amp which is PP class A 6550 tubes. It sounds great but I noticed I had some ear fatigue after about an hour."

That shouldn't be, and it's not the result of the output stage topology. Could be failing PS caps, incorrect bias, less than stellar transformers, or a number of other things. The first thing to do when this symptom shows up is to measure IMD. High levels of IM sometimes masquerade as "detail" or "nuance," but long-term listening creates fatigue.


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  • Listener Fatigue - Triode_Kingdom 10:48:15 12/05/24 (0)


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