Andre Jute wrote:
Small is also beautiful. The small is the genesis of the large.


Don't know about that. Schumpeter argued (in an analysis of western
capitalism) that economics measures well-being by the standard of living
(variously, average incomes and consumption). This is best achieved by
maximising production and consumption. Buddhism (his 'foil' and the
basis of the small thesis) does not measure well being as such, but
consider that it is maximised when consumption is minimised. Basically
this means that well being is not dependent on consumption – the ‘given
ends’ (a difficult concept, granted, but take it as live in comfort
perhaps) with the minimum means. An example might be hifi – why do we
need all this stuff?! Large is a sort of antithesis, not genesis.

It's funny that some cannot grasp this fundamental concept with
single
ended triode (SET) amps. We routinely build preamps and voltage
multiplication stages of triodes operating single-ended, and the
diehards who with a convulsive kneejerk reject any amp without a
push-
pull power stage will be the last to let go of the single-ended gain
stage, yet they cannot see that the small signal stage is a template
for the sweetest power stage.

What is sauce of quail must be sauce for the goose and the gander
too.

Very difficult to understand how some people think.


indeed :-)

Rob