Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article .com,
wrote:

Trevor Wilson wrote:
wrote in message
oups.com...

[snip poorly quoted message]


Mick Maloney is probably more like Ken Ishawata.

**I very much doubt that. I've had some long conversations with Ken
Ishiwata. He REALLY knows his stuff.
That is an unfair if not libellous implication
He takes competent
designs which he develops in conjunction with New York audio engineer
Kevin Covi and fine tunes them so they not only measure well but also
sound good.

**Then why does he not publish any measurements of his equipment?
Very few audio product websites publish measurements.If they do it is probably because they are trying to justify a product which sounds terrible or has not been well reviewed.

Curious that you assume the above assertion *isn't* "libellous", but that
Trevor's comments were... :-)

...although due to the poor format of your reply, it is quite hard to
distinguish his comments from yours.


There are plenty of products that measure well but sound
terrible.

**Name them.
Practicaly every transistor amplifier I have heard and a great percentage of mainstream modern speakers,Measure well,sound crap[Mission for example-no wonder they went bust]

Strange that my own experience is so different to yours. Rather than make a
sweeping assertion, and only mention one defunct brand, why not name some
*specific* amplifiers which we may also have a chance of being able to
hear, or may have used? Trevor didn't ask you for a sweeping assertion and
a brand name. He invited you to list the products you were referring to.

I also wonder what causes you to think an amp does "sound crap". Your
judgement might not be the same as mine, or of others.

For example, if you like a 'gainclone' type of design with low-value
reservour caps then that *might* be because you like the results of
high levels of ripple-signal intermodulation, varying dynamically with
the music. But I doubt that I or Trevor would prefer this.

I might have wanted to comment on the rest of the posting. However I gave
up on trying to work out which bits were by JT and which by Trevor.

Slainte,

Jim

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Yes ,

My apologies.I often confuse myself too.
Blame TW for messing with my head again.There is only so much ****
stirring a bloke can handle /dish out before he starts to lose the
plot.
Enough already.

God Bless Transdniestria !