On Nov 2, 2:29 pm, "Arny Krueger" wrote:

How to make a good SS amp sound like a SET:

Parallel a power suuply rated silicon diode across the terminals of of any
speaker that is driven by a SS amp. Put a 2 ohm resistors in series with the
speaker hot leads, going back to the power amp.

The 2 ohm resistor will pretty simulate the typical SET's high output
impedance, and the diode will simulate its nonlinearity.

If the bare diode is a bit gritty sounding (hard to believe that a LP & SET
tolerator would even notice!), try some resistors in series with the diode
in the range of 2,4, 8 ohms.

Hey, Krueger, why didn't you help out your pal Stewart Pinkerton with
this invaluable advice that time he tried (and failed disgracefully)
in his challenge to build a silicon amp that would sound better than a
ZNFB 300B i designed at the same time? He really needed you then... Or
did you withhold what you knew to punish him for telling the world
that you were no peer of his? Did you really want that badly for him
to be humiliated? Poor, poor Pinko. With a friend like you, Krueger,
he surely did not need any enemies.

Andre Jute
"I was at a board meeting for the LA Chapter of the Audio Engineering
Society last night on XM Satellite radio audio and data transmission.
Sadly, we missed you there, and at the SMPTE and Acoustical Society
recent meetings as well. Everyone was asking, 'Where is that wonderful
Andre Jute? The world just doesn't rotate without him...'" -- John
Mayberry, Emmaco