Pat Farrell;274637 Wrote: > > There is a school of thought that says that the first watt or five is > the important part, as that is where the subtle music is. The extra > watts are important for slam, bass, etc. (assuming you are not > listening > to CD cursed by the Loudness Wars.) >
As you know, there is another school which says the perceived differences are usually due to expectation and/or volume mismatches. That school has lots of evidentiary support, like that fact that under careful controls no one seems to be able to distinguish between even supposedly very different amps (tube versus solid state, for example). -- opaqueice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ opaqueice's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4234 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31843 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
