Ralph has a uniquely thorough appreciation and understanding of "what matters to the ear". My mentor Earl Geddes (with Lydia Lee) had a pair of peer-reviewed papers on distortion perception published in the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society. Their findings backed up everything Ralph had been telling me. In fact after writing the papers Earl remarked to me, "now I understand why you and your friends like tube amps".
I think we are extremely fortunate Ralph has chosen to pour himself into designing a switching amplifier that actually works with the characteristics of human hearing instead of against them. We may be about to see switching amps that do not have the traditional drawbacks of switching amps.
Right now I’m really glad I’m a speaker designer instead of an amp designer, because I would hate to compete against what’s coming.
Duke
yeah, I’m also an Atma-Sphere dealer
I think we are extremely fortunate Ralph has chosen to pour himself into designing a switching amplifier that actually works with the characteristics of human hearing instead of against them. We may be about to see switching amps that do not have the traditional drawbacks of switching amps.
Right now I’m really glad I’m a speaker designer instead of an amp designer, because I would hate to compete against what’s coming.
Duke
yeah, I’m also an Atma-Sphere dealer