[Eeyore]

Iain Churches wrote:

"Eeyore" wrote
John Byrns wrote:
"Iain Churches" wrote:

I was hoping that Graham, an engineer, not a BS hi-fi
salesman would start the thread.

It's not clear to me why you were hoping that Graham "would start the
thread"? From his posts in this newsgroup my impression of Graham is
that he apparently doesn't fully understand much of the information he
likes to regurgitate, and that as a result many of the conclusions he
draws are in correct.

At least any conclsions I draw are based on facts, not rumour, myths,
religious beliefs or fairy stories. That could explain a few things about
why you
come to different conclusions.

It is precisely the differences in approach and conclusion that
would make interesting discussion. Designers, builders, company
bean-counters,hi-fi salesmen, hobby constructors, end users all
have their view.

As a further response to your comment I will say the following.

As computer technology has advanced, along with it the possibilities for
mathematical modelling of circuitry (which I have taken advantage of from the
very beginning), I have found that so doing has improved my understanding of
and the performance of the circuitry I have designed beyond my wildest
dreams.

Graham