Mr. McCoy:

For the record, please write for yourself, and use terms such as "me"
and "my" when rendering an opinion, not "we"... unless you are claiming
Royalty and the "we" that goes with it. If you are making such claims,
then fine, I can live with the "we". Otherwise, it is simply arrogant
and reduces your already tenuous credibility.

Now, I have read what you have written, and the question remains: Is it
the purpose of SET-based systems to reproduce what goes into them, or
not? It remains a simple question however much smoke and mirrors are
used in obfuscation or avoidance of the answer. And, as I am trying to
be civil here, not that you have engaged in (much) obfuscation above.

So, in light of your absolute statement:

A SET amp is not a performer, it is a reproducer.

What does a SET amp add/take away from the signal applied to it other
than straight-wire amplification? A level of accuracy in the answer
would be desirable, I believe I can comprehend imprecise terms if
accuracy is achieved. But, as a massive hint, your range-of-answers
a

A. NO. A SET amp output is indistinguishable from the input excepting
volume.
B. YES. A SET amp adds certain artifacts or corrects for certain lacks
in the original input, and they a (well-defined terms follow).
C. IT DEPENDS. Well defined terms on what the dependencies are follow.

We are not discussing speakers here, but if speakers are an issue, then
please clearly define how-so and why. Are _THEY_ the actual performers
in this situation? The AMP is merely an 'enabler'?

I agree on the originality piece. Only the first performance is
"original", all-that-follow are colored by feedback from that first
one... even if only in annotations to the score. Perhaps the greatest
appeal of music, classical and otherwise, is its infinite capacity for
interpretation, some great some awful, but the capacity remains.

Peter Wieck
Wyncote, PA