On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 03:15:46 +0100, Kurt Hamster
wrote:

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:04:11 +1000, Tat Chan used
to say...

If the amp introduces artifacts in the output signal, it is a bad amp!

No, it's just an amp that introduces artifacts. If it was originally
designed to do just that and then succeeds in it's mission then it is by
definition a good amp.

If you try to fail, and succeed, which have you done?

An ideal amp is a "wire with gain" ...

Whose definition of "ideal"?

Originally, Peter Walker's, so by extension, anyone with an interest
in 'the closest approach to the original sound', of course!
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering