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Eeyore wrote:
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Laurence Payne wrote:
On 19 Sep 2006 08:10:01 -0700, wrote:

If it sounds better it is technically superior. What do you believe?
that in audio technology serves the aesthetic or that the aesthetic
serves the technology?

In the audiophile world (among others) this is squewed by a natural
desire for the more expensive item to sound better.

I am sure this happens. It's hardly a rule.

It's very tricky to make a good loudspeaker without a fair bit of expenditure
but there's no particular reason for the electronics to be horribly expensive
since it's quite trivial to design sonically blameless circuitry these days.

if you could build high powered SETs that sound like the ones from
companies such as WAVAC and are built as well to boot and sell them for
the cost of mass produces SS amps of similar power you will make a lot
of sales. i don't think you could do it though.

Since an SET is essentially incapable by design of any modicum of sonic accuracy I
wouldn't be inclined to try for that very reason.

Graham