Amplifier specs, does they matter?


For solid state designs, the manufacturers boast about their signal to noise ratios, total harmonic distortions, slew rates, frequency responses, and many others. Meanwhile, the makers of the tube amps praise the liquidity and musicality of their designs. Obviously, amplifiers with tubes don't measure nearly as well as solid state amps. So, do any of these specifications really matter?
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Showing 2 responses by mapman

Kijanki, you appear to have taken a stronger position against use of NF than in the past where you argued results were very implementation specific.

Or are you just pointing out pros and cons, which all approaches always have?

Based on a stated 100X improvement with NF, negative effects would have to be quite significant to eliminate that completely.

The "its all implementation specific" argument still seems to ring true to me based on what I see, read and hear.
"The bottom line is it does not seem to be implementation specific. "

With technology, there is a right and wrong way to do everything....and usually many shades of grey in-between.

That's why you hire expensive skilled engineers with great depth of knowledge. Otherwise, anybody could do it.