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"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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"Pooh Bear" wrote in message
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As a sign of integrity from a magazine supposedly helpful to
audiophiles.
Believe it or not there are people who might actually think a Shakti
stone
might acutally do something for their stereo, just like there are
people
who
think that damping factor is an important specification for
amplifiers.

Damping factor *is* important albeit the the typical numbers quoted for
SS
amps
are so high as to be beyond worrying about from the perspective of
choosing one
over another based on that parameter.

Wrong, but thanks for playing.

Well, actaully I'm right but then the fact that I'm a pro-audio designer
might
explain why I know a bit more about this than you.

How about this then, some sort of damping factor is a requirement for an
amp, but as a determining factor it is of no particular importance. As I
said elsewhere it could be as low as 1 or as high as 500 and it doesn't make
a big difference.

So what do you think it is that makes damping factor *unimportant* ?

Follow the link I gave for Dick Pierce's paper on the subject. Or just do a
Google search for Dick Pierce and Damping factor.