"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
...
In article , Don Pearce
wrote:
On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 09:51:32 +0300, "Iain Churches"

wrote:

It seems that the THD itself is not so important as the way in which
that total is made up, i.e. the relationship of 2H,3H,4H,5H etc that
is
important. It may be this which gives each amp its sonic signature.

Harmonic distortion itself is really not so important for music,
which
is loaded with harmonics anyway. What matters is that distortion -
any
distortion, even or odd - produces intermods. These products are
non-harmonic and certainly for music with any degree of complexity
will
be dissonant. If the distortion level is moderately low, the result
will
just be a sort of "thickening" of the sound, which may indeed be more
interesting than the unadorned music.

For a few minutes, that may be attractive, but after a very short
time I
find it starts to get tiring because the effect doesn't change, there
is
just this permanent grunge underlying everything.

I have started wondering if there is a parallel with adding 'brown
sauce'
to a plate of food. Does this parallel only make sense in the UK?...
:-)


Freudian slip? :-)