Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:52:41 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Roy wrote:


"David Houpt" wrote in message
...
Hi

I haven't posted for a while, but seeing an amplifier get a rave
review when it has a distortion level of 2.3% rising to 4% at full
output provoked me. Its the Graaf GM20 reviewed in the November issue
of Hi Fi World. Yours for a mere £3,300. Is the world going mad? I
though that the idea was that amplifiers had as little distortion as
possible. 0.1% as Harold Leak used to claim.

Not if all competent amps sound the same, so you have to provide some
deliberate degradation to justify the 3 grand ticket!

Sounds OK for a guitar amp.

Oh and if your test material for a £3k amp is Christina Aguilera (see
the review at http://www.ukd.co.uk/scms/news-detail.asp?PKID=24) you're
probably not a full shilling anyway.

Roy.


The bit in that review I liked best was 'The amp can be run direct from
any CD, SACD or DVD player via a passive preamp'

Isn't passive preamp an oxymoron?

I prefer the term 'passive controller', and I use one myself, but an
Oxymoron is someone who couldn't get into Cambridge...... :-)


That at least makes sense but what *is* it? passive vol and tone controls?

Ian

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:25:20 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:52:41 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Roy wrote:

The bit in that review I liked best was 'The amp can be run direct from
any CD, SACD or DVD player via a passive preamp'

Isn't passive preamp an oxymoron?

I prefer the term 'passive controller', and I use one myself, but an
Oxymoron is someone who couldn't get into Cambridge...... :-)

That at least makes sense but what *is* it? passive vol and tone controls?

Oh, right, I didn't realise you weren't familiar with the term. It's
just a pot and a source selector switch in a box, or a pot and a pile
of relays in my case.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:25:20 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:52:41 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Roy wrote:

The bit in that review I liked best was 'The amp can be run direct from
any CD, SACD or DVD player via a passive preamp'

Isn't passive preamp an oxymoron?

I prefer the term 'passive controller', and I use one myself, but an
Oxymoron is someone who couldn't get into Cambridge...... :-)

That at least makes sense but what *is* it? passive vol and tone controls?

Oh, right, I didn't realise you weren't familiar with the term. It's
just a pot and a source selector switch in a box, or a pot and a pile
of relays in my case.

Cheers. Makes sense now.

Merry Xmas

Ian

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:25:20 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:52:41 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Roy wrote:

The bit in that review I liked best was 'The amp can be run direct from
any CD, SACD or DVD player via a passive preamp'

Isn't passive preamp an oxymoron?

I prefer the term 'passive controller', and I use one myself, but an
Oxymoron is someone who couldn't get into Cambridge...... :-)

That at least makes sense but what *is* it? passive vol and tone controls?

Oh, right, I didn't realise you weren't familiar with the term. It's
just a pot and a source selector switch in a box, or a pot and a pile
of relays in my case.

Cheers. Makes sense now.

Merry Xmas

Ian

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:25:20 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 13:52:41 +0000, Ian Bell
wrote:

Roy wrote:

The bit in that review I liked best was 'The amp can be run direct from
any CD, SACD or DVD player via a passive preamp'

Isn't passive preamp an oxymoron?

I prefer the term 'passive controller', and I use one myself, but an
Oxymoron is someone who couldn't get into Cambridge...... :-)

That at least makes sense but what *is* it? passive vol and tone controls?

Oh, right, I didn't realise you weren't familiar with the term. It's
just a pot and a source selector switch in a box, or a pot and a pile
of relays in my case.
--

Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering