"Ian Bell" wrote in message

Keith G wrote:


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.

Of course it did as it was full of lovely ear pleasing
second harmonic distortion. Psycho-acoustics in action.

Please explain to me how one can play music through a nonlinear system that
has second harmonic distoriton without the attendant IM distortion.