"B&D" wrote in message
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On 7/13/04 6:45 PM, in article , "John
Atkinson" wrote:

Please note that I am not defending this amplifier's performance.
I am only pointing out that those on this forum who condemn its
sound without actually having heard it are shooting in the dark.

And herein lies the problem - people on this group are quick to
condemn
based upon a data sheet rather than trying it out.

I became curious when I read that a Pillsbury bakeoff recipe contest
had generated over 200,000 recipes. How--I wondered--could the jury
possibly sample 200,000 samples of baked goods? Well, it appears
that culinary experts can evaluate a recipe simply by reading it. Is
this not analogous to evaluating the sound of an amp by looking at the
test results?

A note about 2nd harmonic distortion:

For centuries, pipe organ designers have known that one can't make the
organ louder by blowing harder on the pipes. Nor can they simply add
another identical pipe. This latter makes the organ twice as loud,
but it sure doesn't sound like it. Rather, the builder adds a stop
that speaks an octave higher than the fundamental--the 2nd harmonic.
This stop makes the sound recognizably louder and richer. So what an
amplifier with lots of 2nd harmonic distortion sounds like is an organ
with the 4' Octave added to the 8' Principal--whether you want it or
not!

Norm Strong