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Accuracy has little to do with Listening Pleasure!

Posted by cawson@onetel.com on November 26, 2024 at 06:51:12:
Accuracy, as found by measurements, is not a reason to think an amp is great to listen to.
I home demo'd a dozen ss amps when I decided to move from tubes, the first being one recommended by a user of similar speakers. I was far from impressed - it was "boring" compared with what I was used to.
Reviews had shown that this particular amp was about the best measuring amp on the market - but it was still drearily dull. Amongst the other amps I tested several sounded far less "boring", so I chose one of those after this 2-year search. It also measured well, but it sounded so much more entertaining.
PS - Since other are happy name-dropping, I'll say that my drearily dull amplifier was the excellent-measuring Benchmark AHB2.