It depends on the amp and the speakers, and the era.
The way to design speakers in the top octaves has varied a lot over a few decades, from a rolloff starting around 7kHz, to flat, to ragged and exaggerated.
There were a number of amps which in the past would sound dead cold to me, old Audio Research, but which now sound more neutral and pleasant.
The way to design speakers in the top octaves has varied a lot over a few decades, from a rolloff starting around 7kHz, to flat, to ragged and exaggerated.
There were a number of amps which in the past would sound dead cold to me, old Audio Research, but which now sound more neutral and pleasant.