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In Reply to: RE: What Makes SET Amps Tick? posted by morricab on May 21, 2025 at 00:45:33:
What really happens is masking occurs from lower harmonics being louder than the higher orders.
Lower ordered harmonics definitely add a coloration! Audiophile words like 'warmth' and 'bloom' describe this coloration, which is not objectionable unless it gets really profound. But don't fool yourself! The lower ordered harmonics are audible, and are not 'filtered out'. Wherever you got that is simply incorrect.
So its more accurate to say 'This means that what you are hearing, as long as you don't push the amp too hard, is effectively nearly pure because the lower ordered harmonics are not objectionable and mask the higher orders.'
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Follow Ups
- This statement is false. - Ralph 05/21/2511:37:31 05/21/25 (11)
- Not according to Cheever - morricab 12:04:08 05/21/25 (10)
- And the possiblity you are quoting him correctly is?? - Ralph 12:53:49 05/21/25 (9)
- Read his thesis why don't you? - morricab 06:15:47 05/22/25 (8)
- RE: Read his thesis why don't you? - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 13:40:37 05/24/25 (6)
- RE: Read his thesis why don't you? - morricab 09:35:49 05/26/25 (5)
- RE: Read his thesis why don't you? - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 13:31:05 05/26/25 (4)
- RE: Read his thesis why don't you? - morricab 06:36:01 05/27/25 (3)
- RE: Read his thesis why don't you? - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 13:38:06 05/28/25 (2)
- RE: Read his thesis why don't you? - morricab 12:22:15 06/1/25 (1)
- RE: Read his thesis why don't you? - 13th Duke of Wymbourne 16:31:15 06/1/25 (0)
- Read it years ago. - Ralph 10:20:25 05/22/25 (0)