"TT" wrote in message
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"Trevor Wilson" wrote in
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: So i am not the only delusional one.
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: **No one ever suggested you were.
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: Trevor Wilson
: www.rageaudio.com.au
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Please note here Trevor I do not want to get involved in
your argument with JT nor class myself as delusional but I
thought I would just make a few comments on this subject.

As you know I have a ME850/24 combo driving some large 2 Ohm
Apogee speakers and yes I do believe what I have is very
good indeed. JT has kindly loaned me one of these Chip Amps
for a comparison and we did some testing while he was still
at my place.

Now before anyone brings up DBT/ABX it would be a pointless
exercise as a slight 50Hz hum from the power supply of the
chip amp is a dead give away ;-) So even turning it on
negates any unbiased test :-( So if we forget about the
power supply and concentrate on the performance part, then I
can say that the amp does a surprisingly good job and gives
the 850 a run for it's money (so speak). Mid range is very
similar but I can pick differences at either side. What I
would say though is that it does sound like a lot of valve
amps that I have heard over the years and so can understand
why people would like them.

BTW I am yet to hear JT's good one in his system so I will
reserve final judgement ;-)

**Take your ME stuff over and pin his ears back. He has clearly never
actually listened to one.


I would just like to point out that it is always difficult
to fully comprehend what someone is actually listening to on
their system unless you physically hear it for yourself ;-)

**I've heard many power OP amps, many times. They're cheap, convenient, hard
to destroy and reasonable performers. Those points have never been in
contention. It is for those reasons that they are used in almost all cheap
audio systems. They are far from simple (despite what the technically
incompetent continually say). They are also incapable of equalling an ME850
(as you already know). And make no mistake: The midrange area is the easiest
area for any amp to perform well. It is the frequency extremes that cost
money.

The fact that the amp hums, suggests extreme incompetence on the part of the
constructor. It SHOULD be deathly silent.


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Trevor Wilson
www.rageaudio.com.au



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