"Steven Sullivan" wrote in message



As I think I mentioned to JA at the show, the obvious
thing to do once he'd decided after a long audition period, that the
SS amp actually *didn't* sound as good as -- much less the
same as -- the tube amp, was to do another DBT *at that point*.

Among other things. There's also a chance that the "bad sounding" SS amp had
partially failed in a way that technical tests would have confirmed.

Surely if the difference had revelaed itself as palpably as he
claimed, he'd now pass a DBT, and one could move on to the more
interesting question of what it was about *the two amps* that caused
the difference.

This is such a strong and obvious point that it makes Atkinson's opening
anecdote at HE2005 an embarassment and humiliation for him, first and
foremost.