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In Reply to: Yes but some devices are a lot more linear than others posted by Tre' on May 20, 2025 at 07:15:36:
I think a fundamental question an amplifier designer has to ask is 'what am I trying to achieve'. Minimizing distortion is a valid approach, IMHO, and if so, that is the bath water the baby will enter. Does that approach sound better or does it rob the sound of some 'flavor' even if it is more accurate because some color is preferred? Low feedback circuits produce high harmonics too but they usually have much more low harmonic content and are they preferred because the low harmonics mask the high harmonics or does the larger harmonic content simply provide that flavor?
I firmly believe that people should choose what they like. If you don't want to bathe the baby at all that is just as valid and, probably, easier to achieve. The trouble comes when people can't just enjoy what they like for its own sake but must pronounce it objectively superior for some reason.
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- RE: Yes but some devices are a lot more linear than others - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 05/20/2518:40:26 05/20/25 (34)
- RE: Yes but some devices are a lot more linear than others - hahax@verizon.net 22:16:20 05/21/25 (23)
- Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 23:38:20 05/21/25 (22)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - Ralph 11:14:00 05/22/25 (17)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - PaulF70 08:38:25 06/1/25 (3)
- Totally agree! - Ralph 08:24:29 06/2/25 (0)
- Distortion vs power - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 11:54:51 06/1/25 (1)
- RE: Distortion vs power - morricab 08:49:28 06/17/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 18:11:01 05/23/25 (12)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - Ralph 10:46:12 05/27/25 (10)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - morricab 12:32:27 06/1/25 (1)
- Correct. - Ralph 08:22:36 06/2/25 (0)
- Pedantically, our ears use the pressure of the sound to sense the sound pressure - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 16:54:56 05/29/25 (7)
- Its easy to show that higher ordered harmonics are what the ear uses - Ralph 08:26:40 05/30/25 (6)
- RE: Its easy to show that higher ordered harmonics are what the ear uses - morricab 12:36:12 06/1/25 (3)
- :) so which is it? - Ralph 08:21:22 06/2/25 (2)
- RE: :) so which is it? - morricab 07:50:41 06/5/25 (1)
- You misread my prior post. Please go back and read it again. nt - Ralph 09:12:14 06/20/25 (0)
- I retain my title as Most Pedantic Inmate - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 19:28:47 05/31/25 (1)
- RE: I retain my title as Most Pedantic Inmate :) - Ralph 08:57:38 06/2/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - morricab 10:05:15 05/26/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - morricab 06:14:16 05/22/25 (3)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - PaulF70 08:25:03 05/24/25 (2)
- chaotic behavior - Ralph 07:55:21 06/3/25 (0)
- RE: Distortion and frequency response are good starting points - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 15:25:22 05/25/25 (0)
- RE: Yes but some devices are a lot more linear than others - morricab 00:49:44 05/21/25 (9)
- There is a system that takes advantage of psychoacoustics - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 23:40:17 05/21/25 (1)
- I know another one...- - morricab 12:44:28 06/1/25 (0)
- A straight wire with gain wouldn't work right with most speakers - Ralph 09:08:20 05/21/25 (6)
- RE: A straight wire with gain wouldn't work right with most speakers - PaulF70 08:31:42 05/24/25 (3)
- RE: A straight wire with gain wouldn't work right with most speakers - PaulF70 09:37:40 05/28/25 (1)
- Yes, and - Ralph 07:48:53 06/3/25 (0)
- RE: A straight wire with gain wouldn't work right with most speakers - Ralph 10:33:40 05/27/25 (0)
- Its a sonic metaphor...-DUH! - morricab 12:05:44 05/21/25 (1)
- Yes. And its one that doesn't hold up if you think about it just a little bit. nt - Ralph 12:54:33 05/21/25 (0)