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Thanks for a thought provoking audio site. I would say only Arthur Salvatore's site and more narrowly Romy the Cat's site are similarly thought provoking.
I was interested in your discussion of the old pro power amp brutes. I think like the idler drive turntables that a great design approach in these amps was sabotaged by inadequate execution. for optimum results. Obviously they were building them to a specific market. It is unfortunate that no subsequent designer really took up the ball with them the way Lenco and others have attempted with the idler drive TT. Through the years with power amps I have also been struck by how thin or aggressive even good SS amps. More recently they have become purer sounding as they bias into class A , Pass being the best example, but it works for treble and upper midrange better than for lower midrange and bass. I guess these are what you call sweet and I call pure. I listen mostly to classical music and less so to pop/rock 3/4 to 1/4). So I have a problem going to the pro power amps as-is. FWIW I latched onto the old McCormack DNA 1. Another design that went against the grain was the old Audio Alchemy OM 150 amp. Both of these have a lower range balance than many others. Sadly McCormack went the home theater approach with CJ and his current amps are typical sterile treble SS amps. AA bit the dust becase of poor quality control. |
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