"Keith G" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote


S'funny, we keep getting told how 'good amps' don't have a
sound....???

**Because that is a fact. The ideal amplifier has no 'sound' of it's
own. No amplifier is ideal.


Therefore no amplifier has no 'sound' of its own then?

**Nope. That's not what I said.



It's what it looks like to me - your words (as above): "The ideal
amplifier has no 'sound' of it's own. No amplifier is ideal." - what
conclusion could be possibly drawn from that statement other than all
amplifiers are not ideal and therefore have a 'sound'...??

**You have failed Logic 101.


Good. You, OTOH, have failed to spot that your argument is a simple
categorical syllogism along these lines:

Red apples taste sweet.
There are no red apples.
Therefore there are no sweet apples.

(Where 'red apples' = 'ideal amps' and 'sweet' = 'no sound', in this
example...)

Easy, innit? :-)

As to whether lack of sweetness is undesirable (or inaudible) is a matter
for the individual...

Now, forget all that (it'll come, one day) tell me if you have had any
'hands on' with the Technics 3000 series SS pre/power combo?

It is reputed to have some of the lowest noise and distortion figures on
record (Martin Colloms) yet, last night when I was listening to a
particularly fine 1958 recording of Grieg's Concerto in A minor
(Solomon), I switched from the Technics on the TLS80s to my 2A3 SET on the
Fidelios and got a much better, more *exciting* (more listenable) sound.
As the SET (according to the pundits here) produces enough distortion to
bend light and the Fidelios have little or nothing outside the range of
the human voice, I am intrigued as to what's going on?

Is it me?

(Note that both systems share all sources and exist side by side here -
I'm not concerned about *winners*....)


It most likely *is* you, or at least, your preferences. Whilst it may be an
exaggeration (slight?) to say your Fidelios have nothing outside voice
range, or that your SETs have enough distortion to bend light, but
nevertheless, what I think is happening is that you find the more exciting
sound more to your liking.

S.