Don Pearce wrote:
On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:58:47 +0100, "Keith G"
wrote:


"Don Pearce" wrote


snip 'grey isn't a colour' &c.


Thinking SS doesn't distort is the first level of denial. Thinking your
speakers aren't *coloured* because you are using SS amplification takes it
to the second level...


It is a question of degree - SS distorts possibly a hundred to a
thousand times less than SET,


So what? If the results are at least *preferable* what does it matter?
Sticking with summat because there's a popular notion that has been
perpetuated from the dawn of audio - that THD figures are the be-all and
end-all of an amplifier's performance shows a distinct lack of imagination,
in my book....


You need to use your imagination? I don't want to have to use my
imagination when I listen to music. And I don't need to when I have an
amp that doesn't distort audibly.

you are either using your imagination to fill in the gaps when you
listen or you are using it when you assess the quality of your playback
with a SS amp.




You use a Cyrus 2 if I'm not mistaken - what's wrong with all the subsequent
incarnations? (Last one I heard was a Cyrus 8....??) Presumably they are not
making them to measure *less well* these days - in which case, dare I
presume that 'measures better' doesn't necessarily mean performs better at
least in the case of Cyrus amps...??


I do indeed have a Cyrus II, and it sounds great. So great in fact
that it sounds identical to the Marantz home theatre amp I'm currently
using in the living room. I haven't heard any of the later Cyrus
incarnations, so I can't comment.


Sorry you have to settle for that.

Scott