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In Reply to: Does Mc Intosh have a house sound posted by sudz1234@yahoo.com on May 18, 2013 at 12:30:28:
The whole idea of "house sound" is so embarrassing it makes me blush for this hobby.
I laugh imagining a conversation b/w a gear mfg. CEO and his engineering team going something like..."Okay team, we want this new amp to sound more buttery and less sharp angled! ..And we place a high priority here on the amp conveying the music's rhythm! ..OH! ..And no nasality! ..We hate nasal sound! ..So please get to work on designing this buttery, less-sharp angled, rhythmic, non-nasal amp! ...This is so silly.
The only "house sound" that the electrical engineers at gear companies strive for is to create an amp that amplifies the signal without distortion. ..Anything else is just marketing drivel which, unfortunately, goes unchallenged by the average audiophile.
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- I blush for this hobby when people refer to "house sound" - hifi heretic 05/19/1308:01:40 05/19/13 (23)
- Hahaha.... Seriously posting that? - Sordidman 10:44:28 05/20/13 (0)
- My amplifier conveys emotion and gets my toe tapping! - andy_c 21:53:57 05/19/13 (0)
- And I blush twice when people talk about companies "voicing" their gear. - hifi heretic 16:52:06 05/19/13 (8)
- You have obviously never built an amplifier - bwb 14:59:17 05/20/13 (0)
- Now you're getting closer...... - Sordidman 10:49:13 05/20/13 (0)
- Kindly answer the questions - E-Stat 20:07:29 05/19/13 (5)
- RE: Kindly answer the questions - hifi heretic 20:09:33 05/19/13 (4)
- Only thte obvious - E-Stat 20:13:42 05/19/13 (3)
- RE: Only thte obvious - hifi heretic 20:25:15 05/19/13 (2)
- More Brilliant *Tests* - E-Stat 10:43:16 05/20/13 (0)
- See the light? - E-Stat 06:12:09 05/20/13 (0)
- have you ever bought any hi fi gear? - mbnx01 10:22:37 05/19/13 (0)
- Of course everything you said - Stale 10:07:03 05/19/13 (10)
- agree. nt - Elizabeth 18:27:45 05/19/13 (0)
- RE: Of course everything you said - hifi heretic 10:44:24 05/19/13 (8)
- I guess I have been wasting time rolling tubes in my amps... - Steve Parry 15:07:33 05/20/13 (0)
- Crappy speakers? There are a million reasons - Sordidman 12:04:59 05/20/13 (0)
- By all means - E-Stat 14:22:38 05/19/13 (0)
- But you have chosen amp - Stale 13:02:25 05/19/13 (1)
- Wow. FWIW: great post -t - Sordidman 12:06:01 05/20/13 (0)
- RE: "I have bothered listening to many different brand amps..." - rick_m 11:26:40 05/19/13 (0)
- RE: Of course everything you said - AbeCollins 11:25:25 05/19/13 (1)
- RE: Of course everything you said - sudz1234@yahoo.com 12:40:58 05/19/13 (0)