opaqueice wrote: > > I certainly agree that you can hear quite clearly when an amp clips, > and different amps clip under different circumstances.
This is rather a big proviso. Sure, most amps will sound very similar under certain operating conditions. But, and it's a big but, not all amps will cope will the operating conditions required to reproduce all music faithfully. For example, consider you have programme material with a lot of exaggerated bass and percussive sounds. Your amplifier will require a lot of current capability and sufficient slew rate at low frequencies to deliver the required signal. > However under > normal operation I think one can take the position that all solid-state > amps sound identical. I think this is true for limited values of "all" :) > So I don't think amplification should be a particularly high priority - > just buy one that's adequate and be happy. The trick is defining "adequate". R. _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
