Stuart Frazer
pfm Member
Valve rectification is another total con. Rectification makes no difference to sound quality. As in not ever, under no circumstances. Evan the "sag" with guitar amp valve rectification can be exactly replicated by the simple expedient of adding resistors in series with SS rectifiers... this is VERY basic electronics... but of course the manufacturers will claim "valve magic" and eagerly spend an extra £30 to make it valve rectified safe in the knowledge that they can now charge an extra £300 for the "benefits" of valve rectification. That's business....
Many claims made by almost all manufacturers these days are a pack of lies intended to part the gullible from their money. Almost all magazines and on line review sites back up the lies and help propagate them. It's a vicious circle of back scratching where the more products and types of products there are, the more chances to sell something and the more copy that can be generated for the mags and review sites who then attract more advertising from the manufacturers... cos in this world everything works, everything is relevant and everything is a VFM purchase so nothing gets a review of "this is not even possible within the laws of physics and no one with an ounce of sense should buy this".
We live in a post truth world unfortunately and almost everyone involved professionally with hi fi realised long ago that maybe only 1 in a 1000 potential customers has sufficient electronics knowledge to see through the constant drip drip drip of lies and that those brave individuals willing to stand up and call out the perfidy for what it is can safely be ignored and left to look an idiot of a King Canute ranting at the tide to turn in, such is the almost complete success of the brainwashing affecting the other 999....
If it's so easy Jez, why don't you monetise your Electronics Experience like Lukasz Fikus of Lampizator or the guy behind SW1X? Lukasz started off as an audiophile hobbyist who wanted to find the best CD players and understand how they worked and ways to make them better. He tested and modified 100s of CD players and his efforts are catalogued on the internet for others to read. Afterwards, when he started making his own DACs, others told him he should monetise his designs as they were that good and people wanted a DAC from him. He rolled the dice and gave up his job and started his own company in Lampizator. You say you have good designs of your own for amplifiers and phono stages, so why not do the same?