orpheus10

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Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
Inna, I believe you to be quite sincere in your threads and posts which is why I'm responding now.Whether it's class AB or A, or tubes or SS; the purpose of the equipment is to reproduce "music". As I previously stated, utilizing high quality pa... 
Do you have a "Music" Friend?
For my musical friend Inna;    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJtDlvmbL20    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jgx3BK3pNo    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT-DSie2rLA 
Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
The most difficult thing to discern is who listens to equipment, and who listens to music?Ages ago when there were stereo stores all over the place, I fell in love with new speakers everyday. It's for certain I was an equipment lover then, but th... 
Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
Inna, some people can hear better than others in regard to Class A.In regard to SS versus tubes, some people are music lovers, and some people are equipment lovers.When I had an audiophile music loving friend, we swore by our "0 distortion" SS gea... 
Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
As someone who earned a living as an electronics technician, I am qualified to state what is "theoretically" better. While Class A is theoretically better, you need the hearing of a good hound dog to tell the difference between AB and A; maybe so... 
Do you have a "Music" Friend?
Deadhead, in every cloud there is a silver lining, you've just got to find it.In these weird Covid-19 times, isolation is a good thing. Not the kind of thing man was born for, but weird times call for weird solutions; especially when  socializing... 
Do you have a "Music" Friend?
This is a marvelous thread that's brought out sincere and thoughtful posts. We may disagree on many things, but we all agree on the fact that having a "musical friend" is special.I recall when there were stereo stores, record stores, and even two... 
Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
Since I speak my truth, I never question another persons truth.  I think that's foolish.  I merely attempt to understand the other person's truth. 
Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
Why would anyone prefer a wife of fifty years, when a Russian model is cuter?I can answer that one. 
Why would anyone want class AB amp when class A always sounds better ?
We talk, but are we communicating; some people have equipment to hear music, while others have music to hear equipment. Which camp do you fall in?If one is an obsessive music lover SS preamps never sound quite right, however, obsessive equipment ... 
Jazz for aficionados
I saw Nina Simone, Herbie Mann, and Miles Davis on the same program in Chicago in 1968. It was the same Summer they had that police riot in Chicago, that’s how I know it was the Summer of 68. Nina Simone stole the show, while Herby Mann came in 2n... 
The Absolute Sound vs Pleasing Sound
I have subscribed to every audio magazine ever printed and when "Hi end emporiums existed" I spent so much time in them that my wife swore I was seeing another woman.I also discovered from reading the comments here on "Agon" we are divided into tw... 
Jazz for aficionados
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1F0lBnsnkE 
Jazz for aficionados
Although life is dancing around you, you still have all those wonderful memories when you were the "Disco Queen".          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqS4aNi0HQY          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUID0jSh2IcThere was a club in Atlanta... 
Jazz for aficionados
That guy in the video has super bad taste, you can tell that by the comments section, he liked what sounded like a broken muffler.However, those 'glass packs' duplicated the sound I was talking about; picture that sound coming from a 56 convertibl...