On 27 Apr 2004 23:24:07 GMT, "Harry Lavo" wrote:

"Nousaine" wrote in message
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As far as the microphony "issue" it seems to me like one you just made up
yourself.

Poppycock (to quote one of your own)!!

I have never mentioned this issue before.. nor do I believe it. But it has
been raised here regularly by certain objectivists....I will not name names
lest I be forced to spend my sleep time looking for the exact quotes, but I
think we know who they are .... or at least they do.

I am one of them. I have heard definite microphony effects in SET
amps - easily proved by locating the amps in my study (from where I'm
typing this), which is through a brick wall from the listening room,
but has a baffled cable duct for 'PC sound' and separates the amp
from the acoustic impact of the speakers. The traditional placing of
monobloc SET amps behind the speakers turns out to be a *bad* idea!

The same is even more true of tubed phono stages.

Moreover, I and those preferring tubes usually are speaking of good old
push-pull tubed amps with reasonably low output impedances. Not the SET's
that you guys love to whup up on.

Indeed, I'd agree that a top-class PP tube amp like the ARC VT100 or
C-J Premier Eight is indistinguishable from any good SS amp, which is
kinda interesting, given all the claims for 'tube magic', which seems
to go away as the tube amp gets better.......................
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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering