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In Reply to: The Link To The Thesis posted by thetubeguy1954 on June 12, 2006 at 12:49:47:
First, the test used to determine the "superiority" of the two amplifiers is flawed, in that they were tested at one set of presentation levels, not many, in that the test was for preference, not transparency, and in that the test was an SBT.There are other issues, but the point that comes to mind first is that it is not disputed that sometimes distortion sounds better than a lack of distortion.
All this paper shows is that fact.
The arguments regarding distortion spectra ignore the question of audiblity of the distortion spectra, especially in the case of the "high feedback" amplifer, where the level of depression of harmonics is not considered in the analysis of feedback.
In short, most of the thesis is a summary of older work (this is normal), and the new work is a simple preference test that appears not to test the hypothesis that feedback is bad. It appears, rather, that it tests the premise that distortion may sound good.
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Follow Ups
- A few points... - real_jj 15:14:35 06/14/06 (5)
- Re: A few points... - morricab 08:36:18 06/15/06 (4)
- It's not that simple in real life. - real_jj 11:01:19 06/15/06 (3)
- Re: It's not that simple in real life. - morricab 16:02:46 06/15/06 (0)
- Re: It's not that simple in real life. - andy_c 12:05:42 06/15/06 (1)
- Hmmm.... - real_jj 13:06:54 06/15/06 (0)
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