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RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ?

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In Reply to: RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? posted by peppy m. on November 26, 2024 at 02:16:17

Harry Pearson loathed Halcro amps, which at the time had the lowest distortion. I have seen sneers about Topping amps, thatthey are designed solely around SINEAD.

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SINEAD tears up a picture of tubes - farfetched 08:17:43 11/30/24 (1)
And the entire world goes nuts.

I like the SINEAD metric. I tend to "play my room" as a listener, that is, I use the acoustics the room gives me, and have always had good times. I don't try to make a room do more (acoustically) than it can. Selah.

In that use context, I have found "clean" electronics to be indispensable. The room always adds its own distortions. And that is what I want to be my limiter, not the gear.

/ optimally proportioned triangles are our friends
- RE: SINEAD tears up a picture of tubes - morricab 04:53:32 12/02/24 (0)
  Amps that measure amazing, like the Halcro from a decade or so ago, got those amazing measurements using copious amounts of negative feedback. One thing that kills liveliness in reproduction is an amp with a lot of negative feedback.
  
  It might sound clean but it won't get out of it's own way and you can hear this as a "dead" sound that becomes boring quickly.
I wonder if his dislike was caused by something other than just simply low distortion. nt. - MWE 16:46:07 11/28/24 (0)
Nt.

Mark in NC
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