Valve power - feel the force!

[jcbrum]

I don't hear any "clipping", and so don't need to "pay attention", JC. The bottom line is my valve amps sound simply wonderful - better to my ears than any solid-state designs at any price I've owned or heard, and this is all that matters to me. I really couldn’t give a monkey’s about anything else!

Marco.

Ahem, the clipping is there, you are in denial.

You have become accustomed to that particular distortion and to you, it sounds "right" and "musical".

Another listener would be able to identify that phenomenon and in my opinion if the ss amp were sufficiently powerful would correctly identify it as "superior".

This situation is usually glibly resolved by saying, everyones opinion is valid and it simply boils down to personal preference.

Please allow me that preference without telling me only your ears are a criterium.

[jcbrum]

There has been a considerable amount or informed research on this topic, I expect Ashley has reminded you of it.

[Iain Sinclair]

Please allow me that preference without telling me only your ears are a criterium.

Criterion.

Now playing:

'Shit Arm, Bad Tattoo' by Half Man Half Biscuit.

"If you must quote from The Book of Revelation
Don't keep calling it The Book of Revelations
There's no s, it's the Book of Revelation
As revealed to Saint John the Divine
(See also Mary Hopkin, she must despair)"

'Upon Westminster Bridge'

"Oh help me Mrs Medlicott
I don't know what to do
I've only got three bullets
And there's four of Motley Crue"

[Marco]

I don't give a toss about "informed research", JC. Why should I? I'm not a manufacturer. It's my system and I'm delighted with it, so therefore my ears are the most important arbiter, not Ashley's!

My current valve amps sound better than any solid-state amps I've heard or owned - simple.

I see your pal's bottled out of the meeting again, incidentally.

Marco.

P.S Iain - nicely corrected. I was going to point out JC's error myself but felt it somewhat cruel

[Filterlab]

...you are in denial...

There's only one person in denial here, and it ain't Marco!

[Marco]

Precisely, mate!

Have you completed your erudite appraisal yet of those ADM9s you had the pleasure of hearing?

Marco.

[Mike Reed]

A CRITERIUM is a combination of CRITERION and CREMATORIUM

How's that for a red-hot established standard ?

Obviously burnt at the altar of conventional audio by J.C.Brum

[Iain Sinclair]

P.S Iain - nicely corrected. I was going to point out JC's error myself but felt it somewhat cruel

I agonised for a while before posting; are ears a criterion, or must they, being plural, be criteria? But even my pedantry has its limits!

[Ali Tait]

J.C.,why all the talk about clipping? 0.5w per channel output power is ample if your speakers are sensitive enough.Witness Steve Sheils open baffle speakers at Owstfest,driven by his amp at around 1.5 watts,effortlessly filling what is a very large room(compared to the average living-room).High-power amps are common because there are so many poorly designed commercial speakers around,with insensitive drivers and complicated crossovers sapping the current available from the amp.If they were designed correctly in the first place,300w or so per channel would never be needed!

[Marco]

A CRITERIUM is a combination of CRITERION and CREMATORIUM

How's that for a red-hot established standard ?

Obviously burnt at the altar of conventional audio by J.C.Brum

Hilarious!



Marco.