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To: JohnM who wrote (27131)	12/31/2009 7:37:37 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 51765

Yep, I know that the audiophiles claim it. I'd have to say that in the grand scheme, low ohms and the quality of the connection are at least 10 times as important as the next biggest factor. Similar subjective arguments go with tube over transistor amps and I've had this discussion with very technical friends and we remain divided. Subjectively, tubes sound better because they suppress odd harmonics which is pleasing to the human ear, but the ability of an amplifier to follow the signal, "slew rate" (being faithful to a difficult to follow signal) is different than adding subjectively pleasing distortion. Since music is a subjective experience, though, people have to go with what they hear and prefer subjectively. I'm a musician and yeah, tube amps sound "warm". Is it what my guitar ACTUALLY sounds like? I dunno, and maybe I'm over thinking it. I have a transistor amp and am quite happy with the DSP sound shaper circuitry. It would be interesting to do a side by side comparison. To one technical friend, I said, "Say what you will but when they want to steer a laser accurately at NIF, they use transistor amplifiers." This is arguably the most precise use of amplifiers in the United States. He laughed and said, "But what do your ears tell you?!"