In article , Don Pearce
wrote:


Add to this, of course the basic inconsistency here of the very idea of
"voicing" an amplifier. An amplifier should not have a voice. It should
be totally self-effacing. Anything less simply gets in the way of the
music. Of course you may actually be into sound effects - in which case
ignore me and go right ahead.

I suppose this is a matter of preference.

It is my suspicion that some people prefer, for example, the changes in
overall frequency response that may arise due to am amp having a
(relatively) high output impedance. Thus in part using something like a
low-feedback design as an expensive 'tonal adjuster'. If they like that, it
is fine with me.

My own preference, though, tends to be for amplifiers which just 'get out
of the way' and leave me to hear the actual recorded/broadcast sounds.
Hence I don't want a 'voiced' amplifier, I want to hear the music, not the
amplifier.

Cue discussion of the meaning of "fidelity"... :-)

Slainte,

Jim

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