"Andre Jute" wrote in message
oups.com...

Keith G wrote:


I'm most definitely a SeTtie (worked my way up to it) but the *absence*
of
the usual crossposting encourages me to read further...

These are considerations of culture rather than technicalities.


Culture without etiquette is like a snake with no head...



See my remarks to Mick about how your ear and brain adapts to whatever
equipment you have.


??


There are a couple of others here I usually expect to trot out that sort of
(obvious) remark......

My problem (or saving grace) is that I accomodate the change in sound from
different items of audio gear very quickly, which is why I so elicit the
opinions of others when the opportunity presents - I'm interested in what
they think, I don't need then to tell me what I like.......



No. "A degree of fidelity" is not unqualified fidelity.


Again with the statement of the obvious...?? Thinking aloud, possibly?


"Recognition of
someone's voice" is high fidelity, sure. Unqualified fidelity would be
the possibility of mistaking the replay for the person in the room with
you but out of sight behind the curtain or perhaps behind you.


Long past that point, thank you kindly - being startled by 'unexpected'
voices and, for a split second, thinking there was someone in the house!!
That is a good example of a 'greater' degree of fidelity...



I suspect you are right about the 'Class A' thing and am hoping to grab a
Class A SS amp for reasonable money in a couple of says time to check it
out
for myself and compare it with the Class A valve amps I already have.

The smaller and lower-powered the better. There is a suspicion held by
more ultrafidelista than just the microwatters that higher power in
itself interferes with desirable delicacy in one's sound.


Yes, I'm very hip to the 'Zen' of flea-power amps moving serious air with
large, sensitive speakers, myself.

The idea of an arc-welder driving a pair of ironing boards is a bit like a
V8 motorcar being driven with the handbrake permanently on, in my book......

Isn't that very *American* - needing 200 watts to do 55 mph....??? :-)


snip Quad stuff - I am the one person in this group who 'doesn't give a
sod
about Quad'...

Audiophile Wealth Alert: this is a serious mistake you're committing,
Keith. You should take an interest in Quad because Quad gives you
superior sound in exchange for mere money. If you count up the value of
your hours, you hi-fi is already many times the price of a complete
top-drawer Quad setup. Also, you require a reference, and for this
second-hand Quad gear is the cheap option, and also the superior
option.


Pay attention now, Keith. Andy and I between us can explain it to you.
Might take us a while though. Put on some nice muzak and...


Unlikely....

I seriously doubt either you or Andy share my range of taste in music....