On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 07:27:13 GMT, "
wrote:


So you're saying that an amp costing $5000 is not going to sound any
better than one costing $300 providing both measure well and drive
difficult loads?

If they measure within .1 dB of each other, it's likely they will sound
idnetical.

They may sound idnetical, but will they sound the same?

Have you tested this theory? Have you truly satisfied
yourself that nothing is to be gained by spending more? If not your
assertion means nothing.

I have not but I have seen some of the research and that's the consensenus.
I'm satisfied that fropm my own experience, an audiophile approved power amp
like the Acoustat 120, doesn't sound audibly different than a Pioneer
reciever, or Scott integrated amp.

If 2 amps sound different there are reasons, clipping, inabilty to drive
difficult loads, or design problems.

Well, it's not clipping because I can hear clear differences on
headphones. Likewise inability to drive difficult loads. Design
problems? I'm thinking of the differences I was able to hear between a
Rotel RA931 Mk11 and my current Marantz PM8200, so I don't think it's
design problems unless all amps at every level are afflicted with
design problems. Unless of course you mean that some designers are
better than others, or use better components, then I might agree with
you.