[Audio Empire]

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:40:55 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):

"Audio Empire" wrote in message

On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 06:56:03 -0700, Arny Krueger wrote
(in article ):

"Peter Wieck" wrote in message


Either you will hear it or you will not.

Are you sure about that?

One of my
favorite examples is an early Dynaco ST-120 using the
2N3055 output transistors. Great measurements, sounded
like glass-in-a-blender.

Where is the reliable evidence supporting this generally
unsupported audiophile myth?

Just about everybody (except, apparently, you) who ever
owned one.

People said similar things about the CDP 101, but tests on several samples
of them also come up empty. There are subtle audible differences, but
nothing that can honestly be called "glass-in-a-blender".

That consensus of opinion is reliable enough to me.

I'm looking for reliable technical evidence, not the results of a public
opinion survey, BTW, where is that public opinion survey? ;-)

I know what I heard then, and I know what I hear
now. Last year I heard an ST-120 A/B'd against a new
Audio Research 220 W/channel tube amp in a DBT (just for
laughs). We got the laughs all right. The ST-120 sounded
DREADFUL, and more than that, it sounded just like I
remember is sounding!

Got any bench tests showing that both power amps met origional vendor specs?
I know for sure that my ST-120 does so.



Yeah, and I'll bet it still sounds terrible compared to a new amp. Of course,
you seem to have one of the later ones without the 2N3055s and without the
crossover notch, but even those sounded pretty bad - just better than the
early ones.