paul packer wrote:

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 20:33:34 -0400, Howard Ferstler
wrote:

Note that I intend to do some additional comparing, just in
case. However, so far I have not heard differences between
any decent amp and any other decent amp, so I am not
expecting much.

Howard, I've had many amps in my dubious hi-fi career, and while it's
true many sound the same, others do not.

For sure. Certainly, lower-quality amps, or amps (even
expensive ones) that have been purposely configured to sound
inaccurate to satisfy goofball sensibilities, will sound
different from amps that have no audible distortion.

Recently I bought an old
Luxman L200 off Ebay and it has a warmth and sweetness I've not heard
from any other amp, and which is definitely not imaginary as it took
me quite by surprise.

Good amps do not sound sweet. Good amps do not "sound" at
all.

I wonder if you have any explanation for that.

The amp must have been a dud. Of course, it is also possible
that you did not do any serious comparing of the sort I
indicated in the initial posting.

Howard Ferstler