"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Keith G" wrote in message
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This question has no meaningful answer - whether amplifiers sound
different (as many designers, manufacturers, salesmen and magazine
scribblers would have you believe) or not is not the point;

*Who's* "point"? It may be your point, it certainly isn't mine.

Who cares?

Well apparently *you* do, otherwise you wouldn't have been so keen to tell
us what "the point" was!


No, I don't care that my point isn't *your* point....



it's whether or not they *appear* to, to you. Like a distant oasis in a
desert - it's not a case of it being real or a mirage, but whether or
not you can *see* it.

So as far as you are concerned a mirage is just as good as a real oasis,
just as long as you can *see* it!


Sure, if all you want to do is look at it; the illusion falls apart if
and when you want a drink - which is a bit like wanting Bjork's autograph
after listening to one of her recordings in your own room.


The point (*my* point) is that if the apparent difference in sound is
actually an illusion,


It may be your point, it certainly isn't mine; my allusion is only that the
reality of the sound is an illusion, I make no reference to apparent
differences in the sound, real or imagined....


and you are spending money chasing that illusion, they
you are fooling yourself in an expensive manner. Why not just stick a
photo of an SET amp in front of something readily available and cheap? it
should sound just like an SET to you.


OK, just another rickety excuse for a bit of SET-bashing, then? Fine, but as
usual and like the other SS bigots in here, you have got all lathered up and
run orf in the wrong direction - let me simplify the difference between SET
and SS setups for you:

Think of the difference between a 'SET/horns' setup and a 'normal' setup as
being like a live 'Theatre Sound' versus a 'Cinema Sound' where the 'Theatre
Sound' is realistic and lifelike with clarity, depth and 3D imaging rather
than *impressive* and that 'Cinema Sound' gives you greater amounts of 2D
'dynamics' and trouser-flapping bass. OK?

:-)