"dave weil" wrote in message
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On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 21:04:09 GMT, wrote:

I have not auditioned it and never will, I already know what distortion
sounds like and I want no more of it.

Well then, isn't it reckless, nay, foolish, to judge a piece of gear
without doing a DBT/ABX on it?

Not when the differences are as gross as they are with a WAVAC as anyone
can
see from the Stereophile measurements. Plenty of audible distortion.
$300,000.00 for an amp that can't produce more than 2 watts of output
power
before 1% THD.
http://stereophile.com/tubepoweramps...ac/index5.html
For that much distortion a simple A/B test would be sufficient.

Which you haven't even done. So you haven't even done the minimum.


Because there's no need. If you can't tell that the WAVAC is a piece of
**** from the review measurements, then you have no business discussing it.

At least according to your spirited
defense of DBT/ABX.

ABX is for subtle differences, there's nothing subtle about the awful
performance of the WAVAC.

Then you should ace any ABX test. But you haven't, have you?

For you to comment on the sound of a piece of gear without even
listening to it is folly.


Not if you understand what the meassurements are revealing.

$350,000 for a monoblock amp with awful FR and
double digit distortion.

Do you even KNOW what you're talking about?

Nope. You can't even get the price of the component correct.

$350,000 for the pair, such a better deal. You get a pair of anchors.


The fact
that you're only overquoting the price by 100% doesn't seem to deter
you.


It has nothing to do with the performance, which is the main point. At 50%
of the price I stated, they're still **** and still overpriced.

The only possible reason to want one, is to show you have more money than
sense.

Or that you like the sound as well as the build quality and the look
of the thing.

That someone would like the sound an anp with double digit distortion is
insane.

Mike, you shouldn't envy things that you have no chance of ever
having. It's unhealthy.

Why in the world would I be envious of something that can be outperformed by
any SS amp?