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Building a Douglas Self power amplifier!
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<blockquote data-quote="DACMan1" data-source="post: 1045242" data-attributes="member: 112"><p>He spend a lot of effort hunting down and minimizing distortion - very successfully so. It was obviously a very important metric to him. My assertion comes from the fact that his designs don't really sound different from designs with a similar topology, but without all his distortion minimizing modifications. IMHO lowering noise is more important (especially if your listening environment allows it). An interesting question would be how his design choices impacts the noise floor. (although I think that is heavily dependent on the input devices and one of the reasons amps with (obsoleted) 2SK170 devices usually do very well in reviews)</p><p></p><p>All of this is my very biased opinion based on a relatively small sample set, so take it for what it is - probably less than 2c.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DACMan1, post: 1045242, member: 112"] He spend a lot of effort hunting down and minimizing distortion - very successfully so. It was obviously a very important metric to him. My assertion comes from the fact that his designs don't really sound different from designs with a similar topology, but without all his distortion minimizing modifications. IMHO lowering noise is more important (especially if your listening environment allows it). An interesting question would be how his design choices impacts the noise floor. (although I think that is heavily dependent on the input devices and one of the reasons amps with (obsoleted) 2SK170 devices usually do very well in reviews) All of this is my very biased opinion based on a relatively small sample set, so take it for what it is - probably less than 2c. [/QUOTE]
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