"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:
"Nick Gorham" wrote in message
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Keith G wrote:


I understand (his wife told me) that T De P brought out both ss and
valve versions of an amp that were *sonically indistinguishable* from
each other to cater for 'lady musicians' (was the phrase) who were
alarmed by the heat and palaver of valve stuff! Both hideously
expensive, I gather, which is the whole point of valves - you get the
better sound for actually a lot less money at the budget end of the
spectrum!


Ok, but every time I read anything that TDP has written or said I get the
feeling that its all hype/********/misdirection (your choice).




I have only had personal experience of a couple of minor EAR products -
the 834P and L, both of which were not ridiculously overpriced at the
time when compared to other makes. As you know, the phono isn't
marvellous but it's a reasonable introduction to valve phono stages at
the price level and the line stage worked well enough (and was solidly
built) but didn't do the sound any favours at all - M could always tell
when it was in the loop and said it sounded 'blurry', I always thought it
sounded 'grey' but wondered if that might not be the Mullards I had in
it...???

I worded my post to include what he said/wrote and not the performance of
his products, as I have only heard a few of them, but all the things I
have read from him match how I described them.

Nothing more.



OK, but it was hardly germaine to the preceding thread, I merely used my
reply to you to further my own observations in respect to the thread
generally - I have never read anything from T de P (as as I can remember)
myself, so I can't comment other than to report my own somewhat limited
experience of EAR products.

FWIW, I suspect (but I don't *know*) that there's as much **** spread about
T de P and his products as there is often claimed that he, himself, spreads
about them, due to widespread 'professional jealousy' and 'commercial
envy'....??