Holographic imaging


Hi folks, is the so called holographic imaging with many tube amplifiers an artifact? With solid state one only hears "holographic imaging" if that is in the recording, but with many tube amps you can hear it all the time. So solid state fails in this department? Or are those tube amps not telling the truth?

Chris
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Roger believe me, everybody is sleeping quite well.

Not a sole is worried. Not even both of the doppler preamp owners.

BTW, how about a weather forecast?

The cat's pajamas to you as well.
How many owners and why not more?

Only a couple posting here; one being a pom pom waving cheerleader.

With products in this hobby, performance and sales are very closely associated in most cases IMO. One might surmise the reports we read here are, for whatever reason(s) embellished to some extent. Owners have an inherent bias with a financial investment. Afterall, how many audiophiles after just dropping $5K or $10K have the stones to say "This thing really sucks; I've been hosed".

Very few indeed.

On the upside you can use the doppler thingamajig to forecast weather.
Hcat apparently sounds interesting to the untrained ear.

Let the guy go; he's championed other suspect products as well. Most of them flavor of the month products like this one.

Check the posting history. It's all there.
The secret is better kept than the Bush Beans recipe.

No, that's not right. The owners and the dog all know.

I'm not sure the hcat knows. What's his name anyway? Doppler the cat? Or is that Felix the cat? Beats me.

I stand corrected.
>>The rug never proved very important for the good or bad<<

Bald can be beautiful. Don't be vain.

Do you have reflection issues with the doppler weather radar preamp signals bouncing off your dome and around the room?
>>Need to give it some more thought.....<<

Take your time. Don't be an AudioDweeb like some others here.

The 8th or 9th revision should be ready if you wait a bit.

Personally I'm waiting for the Century (100th revision) Edition.
Roger says "Let the free market decide".

Couldn't agree more.

The market decided on Edsel, New Coke, Betamax, etc.

RIP cat.
>>I would challenge any of you to defend in theory and in measurement what you judge to be a superior amp<<

Au contraire.

"We" have nothing to defend.

It's you that's been doing all the talking.
I think audiophiles have spoken with their wallets and interest.

One misguided owner here does not a successful product make.
What happens if the hcat overheats and goes into a 4th dimension mode?

Is it a fire and brimstone thing or do you look for a parking space alongside Marty McFly's DeLorean?

Heavy stuff.
Gobbledygook abounds here. Both from the scientific and "academic" communities.

Consider the sources folks.

Remember those who can, do. And those who can't, teach.

Do a posting history on the "academic" source and you'll understand. It is replete with flavor of the month products that have gone by the wayside long ago. Please read it; his track record speaks for itself.

RIP hcat.
>>I have, of course, said this several times, and so I need not say them any more<<

Oh go ahead.

A fool never learns.
>>It may be that my ac purity and magic isolation allows me to hear benefits from the H-Cat that are denied others.<<

So one needs an $8000 vibration control device to hear the benefits of this component?

Seems like a serious design flaw.

Then again this might be a case of auditory deficiency.
Sorry no Pinto.

The last American car I purchased was a 1969 Plymouth which is still driven during the sunny days of summer.

I'll leave the Edsels, Corvairs, Gremlins, and Pintos to Dave.

They're so you.
>>I never intended to advance knowledge<<

I don't think anybody expects that is possible.
>>I had my Dyna Audios and Health kits for many years.<<

Interesting.

Most of us built Heath kits.

To each his own.
>>Detlof, now I need health kits<<

Totally agree and quite evident based on your posting history.
>>Running my $180 Oppo through my Playback Design MPS-5's DAC makes the Oppo sound better than an Emm,<<

Right.

And putting a set of Corvette tires on your Ford Pinto makes it handle like a Porsche.

LOL
>>Do you dispute my finding?<<

Absolutely not.

I believe you think what you heard.

I'm just not sure you have a very discerning ear.

And Dave for the record, I've owned far more digital gear than you've heard.

Don't even go there.
>>10-09-08: Tbg
How do you know when something is a marketing "trick?<<

That's easy.

See what products you're using.
Are these clever little witticisms from the h-cat owner’s manual or your own original ditties created between customer greetings at Wal Mart?

Does WM sell the cat yet?

Aisle 5, clean up please.
Blue light specials?

I think you're confusing your job at Wal Mart with your weekend gig at K-Mart.