Arny Krueger wrote:
ÿ the usual SET dogma of maximizing distortion.

Let's see what the words mean before we make the same sort of
foolish, zero-science, zero-brains, bottom of the food-tree mistake
Krueger made about the musicians:

"usual" i.e. normal, customary or typical. Okay, that is what we
do, we build...

"SET" i.e. single-ended triode amps.

"dogma" i.e. a set of beliefs that a religious, political,
philosophical or moral group holds to be true. Okay. We are not a
religious or a political group because we have no articles of faith
(we're ecumenical about silicon or tubes as long as it is melted
sand) nor any desire to proselytize the unwashed. But RAT is definitely
a philosophical and moral group, as the purpose of our hobby is high
fidelity, an attachment to truth in culture and life, which we usually
interpret as decently flat amps.

"maximizing" i.e. to make something as large as possible. Whether
we want that depends on what is to be made larger. Most of us don't,
for instance, need penis enlargement; those who do, like the thief Bret
Ludwig, is anyway a treacherous little slimeball Krueger can take away
to RAO with him free of charge.

"distortion" i.e. altering a signal so that it becomes unclear or
unrecognizable. No, that's very definitely not us.

So, you claim, Krueger, that it is our usual practice, supported by our
moral philosophy, to make the distortion in our SET amplifiers as large
as possible?

Is this patent absurdity a troll, Krueger. or do you really believe
your own dumb ****? If so, prove that we design our SET amplifiers to
"maximize distortion".

Andre Jute
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