magiccarpetride wrote: > Actually, 'revealing system' indeed has a solid definition, so there is > absolutely no need to try and relativize it and 'subjectivize' it. It is > quite easy to compare two audio systems and provide quantifiable metrics > as to why is one system more revealing than the other. The whole thing > boils down to one aspect -- how quiet the system under study is. The > noise that the system unavoidably generates while working can be > measured and can be quantified, after which those metrics can be plotted > and compared.
So that counts out my single ended triodes with their ac heaters then... I suggest we don't turn this thread into a debate on whether its possible to measure performance differences of hifi systems using single measurement metrics though as there are many other fora for that... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94855 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles