On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:25:55 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 05:43:42 +0000 (UTC), Stewart Pinkerton used
to say...

On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:54:29 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:

"Ian Molton" wrote in message
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On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 13:22:26 +0100
"Keith G" wrote:


Interesting that the qualification 'bad' has to be used to get the
attacks
off the ground isn't it? Who TF knowingly uses *bad* valve amps???

Well Id have to say that a good amp is faithful in its reproduction of the
input signal at its output, wheras a bad one (however pleasant to listen
to) is not.

Mr Molton, you really don't want to get sucked in by all the
'techno********' in the group, the best amp is the one that *sounds* best to
you in your own system - no matter what any 'real audiophiles (and their
Mini Me's) might tell you - otherwise, what's the f*cking point?

Good ones all sound the same - as you'd expect. Bad ones can have all
kinds of sounds, pleasant and otherwise.

Surely that depends on your definition of "bad" doesn't it?

It's a simple definition - if what comes out of an amplifier is not a
larger but otherwise identical version of what went in, then it's a
bad amplfier. Not a difficult concept - it's called high fidelity.
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering