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Topic - What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - peppy m. 02:16:17 11/26/24 (47)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - Widea 09:46:07 12/30/24 (0)

I know in the late.... - Cougar 10:05:08 12/15/24 (0)

Lack of dynamics, Indistinct attack and lack of decay - jedrider 17:04:01 12/05/24 (1)

are those amplifier-centric issues? - mhardy6647 05:36:07 12/15/24 (0)

What is "boring" to some is "desirable accuracy" to others. It's all highly subjective. nt. - MWE 03:41:40 11/28/24 (1)

Maybe it's the listeners fault, sometimes ? - peppy m. 05:56:54 11/28/24 (0)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - mbr12 19:53:14 11/27/24 (1)

Or Porcupine Tree. (nt - peppy m. 05:54:32 11/28/24 (0)

No DHTs - andy evans 10:30:12 11/27/24 (1)

Like chestnuts roasting on an open fire... - peppy m. 05:49:54 11/28/24 (0)

Plinius amps are not boring - Leo loves music 05:46:23 11/27/24 (5)

RE: Plinius amps are not boring - morricab 04:40:09 12/02/24 (0)

RE: "Actually they inject soul into the music."... Ouch !!!! - peppy m. 06:03:08 11/28/24 (1)

Yeah, an affliction of the ... - jedrider 08:16:46 11/30/24 (0)

RE: Plinius amps are not boring - emailtim 14:20:07 11/27/24 (1)

RE: Plinius amps are not boring - Leo loves music 10:28:59 11/28/24 (0)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - AbeCollins 19:46:50 11/26/24 (5)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - Buck 12:01:59 01/18/25 (0)

Lack of dynamic sparkle pretty much defines boring - Feanor 04:34:28 11/27/24 (2)

RE: Lack of dynamic sparkle pretty much defines boring - dgaapc7 04:03:39 12/01/24 (0)

To build on what you said..... - AbeCollins 07:19:07 11/27/24 (0)

No disagreement here - Luminator 21:26:04 11/26/24 (0)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - erik 17:14:17 11/26/24 (10)

It's good though if they have a consistent house sound - Wojciech 10:30:17 12/15/24 (0)

I wonder how much of the "boring" sound has to do with speaker load ? - peppy m. 20:42:19 11/26/24 (7)

A LOT! - Wojciech 10:25:46 12/15/24 (0)

Both - AbeCollins 07:50:43 11/27/24 (1)

"Polite" - cawson@onetel.com 05:54:56 11/28/24 (0)

Or - E-Stat 06:31:26 11/27/24 (3)

That's just your biased B.S. coming thru again..... - AbeCollins 07:55:04 11/27/24 (2)

Not talking about dynamics -nt - E-Stat 09:41:12 11/27/24 (1)

Then what are you talking about.... - AbeCollins 10:02:23 11/27/24 (0)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - AbeCollins 19:33:55 11/26/24 (0)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - fstein 10:34:29 11/26/24 (3)

SINEAD tears up a picture of tubes - farfetched 08:17:43 11/30/24 (1)

RE: SINEAD tears up a picture of tubes - morricab 04:53:32 12/02/24 (0)

I wonder if his dislike was caused by something other than just simply low distortion. nt. - MWE 16:46:07 11/28/24 (0)

RE: What makes an amp sound "boring" ? - Bill Way 08:50:08 11/26/24 (1)

Manley may have found the cure for Parkinson's disease ! - peppy m. 06:08:06 11/28/24 (0)

Accuracy has little to do with Listening Pleasure! - cawson@onetel.com 06:51:12 11/26/24 (7)

For some, accuracy WILL constitute listening pleasure. - MWE 16:43:09 11/28/24 (0)

What if accuracy is boring? - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 14:07:54 11/26/24 (5)

RE: What if accuracy is boring? - morricab 05:12:04 12/02/24 (1)

The question is rhetorical and simple, a long non-answer is unnecessary - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 16:31:02 12/05/24 (0)

RE: What if accuracy is boring? - cawson@onetel.com 14:58:40 11/26/24 (2)

RE: What if accuracy is boring? - John Elison 03:54:27 11/30/24 (1)

RE: What if accuracy is boring? - cawson@onetel.com 04:23:57 11/30/24 (0)

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