"JustMe" wrote in message
...
In the "Amp swap disappointment" thread, below, Ian has said that it's
possible to accurately measure the differences between each amp and, I
would
assume, judge just what it is about one amp that might make it preferable
to
another amp, to some listeners.

**A reasonable assumption. Of course, the measurements need to be VERY
comprehensive. Far more comprehensive than those supplied by almost every
amplifier manufacturer.


Would it therefore be possible for someone to take a "straight-line" amp -
and I'm happy to accept whatever you judge to be a representation of the
closest example of this - and then build an add on "filter" to alter its
sound to reproduce the sound quality of the Alchemist?

**Maybe. Maybe your Alchemist already IS a straight line amplifier. If it
has problems, it would be possible to duplicate those problems - at a cost,
of course.


Then, maybe, a dozen or so other popular amps could be measured, and
filters
built to represent each amp in turn.

**Yes. It would be difficult, but doable.


Would I be able to hear the difference between the "straight-line" amp
with
the Alchemist filter and the Alchemist amp?

**Not if it has been done right.


--
Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au