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Amp "timing" ?

I was reading someone raving about the impeccable "timing" of their high-end amp this morning.  I have heard this term tossed around several times recently in my dive back into highish-end audio. 

Can someone please explain what is meant by this term?  Is it snake-oil or confirmation bias?  I just don't understand how a human  can hear  a timing difference of a soundwave unless it's a 2nd+ order reflection.  

Thoughts?
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tomic601
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@n80 well with you, there are at least three of us that will get it....

nobody as yet bit on the Dylan, so my expectations are low...
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tomic601
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Also, words suck for describing music and anything Audiophile....
so I would think of PRAT in a less narrow fashion....

kinda like reading about... wine..... the howl of a tricked out flat 6, the swing of a sweet light double, the love of a good bird dog, maybe even women...,words

” written by an Italian Poet
from the thirteenth century”


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tomic601
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Negative feedback works great for steady state sine waves, which ain’t music

so let’s think about timing and Miller Carbons example....and be glad car timing does not depend on negative f/b

because I am actually a worshipper in several tents, I own and listen to a NAIM amp in the PRAT camp, along with 6 others....

most however are fairly low negative feedback

have fun


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