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: "Forwarder" wrote in message
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: dave weil wrote:
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: Wouldn't it be embarassing to your side if people couldn't even tell
: the difference between an SET and a "normal" amp? What would that tell
: you about the efficacy of blind testing? And if you were correct about
: the "inferiority" of the amp, wouldn't it be a slam dunk? Funny then
: how you don't bother investigating...perhaps there's a reason...
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: Very good point. I would say that anyone would be extremeley hard pressed
: to single out the SET amp reliably in a DBT or ABX.
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: Depends on how much power is being used for one thing. Distortion is
: another. See my post "From RAHE, article on distortion" and you will find :
: For detecting distortion at levels of less than 10%, the test frequencies
: had to be greater than 500 Hz. At 40 Hz, listeners accepted 100% distortion
: before they complained. The noise test tones had to reach 8,000 Hz and above
: before 1% distortion became audible, such is the masking effect of music.
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That should surely read: "such appeared to be the masking effect of noise", eh ?
:-)

Does this mean, mr McKelvy, that a SET amplifier producing 1% or less THD
at avg. listening levels is ok with you now ?

inquiring minds like 2 know ;-)
R.