Second harmonics distortion?


Hi folks, recently I listened to a system consisting of Jadis DA88S amplifier and top of the line Sonus Faber loudspeakers. During a counter tenor part I heard some distortion that reminds me of slightly overdriven guitar amplifier (quite euphonic sounding distortion). Was this in fact second harmonics distortion? I thought Jadis was a tube amplifier manufacturer that eschews the typical tube sound, or am I wrong?

Chris
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Showing 1 response by atmasphere

If you are able to describe the effect in the way you did, it is not *just* the second harmonic! The 2nd harmonic adds a false richness, but is also easily canceled by push-pull circuitry, which is what a Jadis is.

So the source of the artifact can be caused by studio effect, cartridge issues, amplifier overload- a variety of things really. I would try the recording on other systems and see if that recording behaves the same way at lower volumes, stuff like that. I would expect that you will find out what is doing it quite quickly.