Anton Aylward wrote:
On 07/03/2014 12:28 PM, James Knott wrote:
There are many who prefer vinyl, but that's because they prefer the distortions it causes to audio accuracy.
Like those who prefer valve amplifiers to transistors because the vales introduce a non-linear distortion they term "warm".
But in fact, 2nd order harmonic distortion in a good valve amplifier can be made extremely low and done so without the need for the massive amounts of negative feedback required of any solid-state amplifier. There has been direct correlation between that negative feedback and the perceived sound quality. In short, what one assumes should provide a good-sounding amplifier (low harmonic distortion of all orders) often results in an amplifier that simply sounds bad. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org