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Keith
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Keith
Couldn't agree more; good measured behaviours are likely a necessary, if not sufficient condition to enjoying the result overall.Agreed, well measuring amps need not sound identical. Also what one perceives as good sound quality may not be shared by all.
I'd go as far to add that absolute measured fidelity may not be the most enjoyable reproduction, but we know this already.
Couldn't agree more; good measured behaviours are likely a necessary, if not sufficient condition to enjoying the result overall.
** Some may recall the old Quad sponsored blind comparison of the Quad II, 303 and 405 into Yamaha NS1000.
A test which concluded that all three were indistinguishable. A surprise to many for sure.
However, the devil is in the detail. I believe the listeners failed to detect differences because the magnitude of
the differences was too small for reliable detection using the chosen programme and 'speakers at the chosen
power levels. For example, a reflex loaded 'speaker system with extended LF response would have placed more
emphasis on the difference between the transformer, capacitor, and direct coupling of the three amplifiers.
As would a 4 Ohm loading <50 Hz.....
In the event Quad elected to use a reasonably sensitive sealed box design, not too reactive and with good inherent mechanical LF damping.
The primary cause for expected differences between the amplifiers was therefore somewhat lessened. Naughty Quad.