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- From: Dave Dal Farra <gpz750@bnr.ca>
- Subject: Re: Preamp and Amp
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.153659.29001@bnr.ca>
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- References: <185021@pyramid.pyramid.com> <1jk9sdINNocs@transfer.stratus.com> <24657@alice.att.com> <1993Jan21.053532.18312@trl.oz.au>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:36:59 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.053532.18312@trl.oz.au> Chris O'Neill,
- c.oneill@trl.oz.au writes:
- >Hence valve amps and transistor amps with the same distortion cannot be
- >compared (unless the distortion is zero) because the distortion has different
- >properties with each type of amp. i.e. we have not yet developed a
- >quantitative measure of the aspect of distortion that is objectionable. Hence
- >in your statement above that transistors measure 'perfectly', the problem is
- >that the wrong measure is used.
-
- No shit Sherlock, that's my point!! I was making a comparison between
- the 50's scenario and the one today with LP vs. CD. The measurements
- don't tell the story and history has illustrated this!!! Duuhhh!!!!!!!
-
- And the statement that you can't compare tube and transistor amp
- distortion results (as one generates predominately 2nd order,
- the other much more odd order components) just backs up my argument.
-
- There is much more info we need to quantize before we can take
- objective data as Gospel.
-
- Dave Dal Farra
- BNR Ottawa,
- Audio and Acoustics Group
-