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<blockquote data-quote="Hennie" data-source="post: 13754" data-attributes="member: 20"><p>Ampdog,</p><p></p><p>What are the specifications for a blameless amplifier and whose research do you accept/follow in this regard? Can you give me web links or literature references?</p><p></p><p>I'm asking, because when looking at manufacturer's specifications and published test results, most commercial amplifiers from <em>'respectable manufacturers'1</em> irrespective of price or audiophile credibility seem to be blameless in terms of my understanding of the term. So far, all A/B test reports I have read confirmed this. There is as far as I know not a single A/B test that has so far proven audible differences between reasonably well specified amplifiers operating within their linear region. I'm excluding concepts such as SET, as these may have too low power output to be generally comparable and some may have audible frequency response deviations.</p><p></p><p>1Let's define <em>'respectable manufacturers'</em> as the consumer electronics giants (Sony, Pioneer, Yamaha etc), the specialist sector (NAD, Arcam, Rotel), and some of the high end sector (Mark Levinson, Jeff Rowland, Bryston), as these brands all seem to make amplifiers with blameless technical specifications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hennie, post: 13754, member: 20"] Ampdog, What are the specifications for a blameless amplifier and whose research do you accept/follow in this regard? Can you give me web links or literature references? I'm asking, because when looking at manufacturer's specifications and published test results, most commercial amplifiers from [i]'respectable manufacturers'1[/i] irrespective of price or audiophile credibility seem to be blameless in terms of my understanding of the term. So far, all A/B test reports I have read confirmed this. There is as far as I know not a single A/B test that has so far proven audible differences between reasonably well specified amplifiers operating within their linear region. I'm excluding concepts such as SET, as these may have too low power output to be generally comparable and some may have audible frequency response deviations. 1Let's define [i]'respectable manufacturers'[/i] as the consumer electronics giants (Sony, Pioneer, Yamaha etc), the specialist sector (NAD, Arcam, Rotel), and some of the high end sector (Mark Levinson, Jeff Rowland, Bryston), as these brands all seem to make amplifiers with blameless technical specifications. [/QUOTE]
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