Distortion : salt sugar or arsenic - pick your poison

Condensing distortion to a single number renders it completely meaningless, and gives no indication about the audible distortion present in the sound of the amplifier.
Oversimplified THD numbers are deceptive.
Learn more!

[frankgeeraerts]

Some older english school audio designers amplifiers with lower resolution and narrower The more you open the window the more dust comes in worked was a ( heavy )price to be that's what some people discovered when they listened for the first time to even good but simple tube amplifiers, especially low power simple full range speakers with decent efficiency....
..

[Thiago_S..]

Great series! Also looking forward to the Nelson pass video. I am practing soldering to build the amp camp in the near future, as a way to begin in diy and take it from there based on the results

[a.r.]

The masterclass is like being shown the view thru the mothership windows... I have not gotten this quality of info on Youtube in 10 years.

[frankgeeraerts]

Very nice analogy with the arsenic yes it makes you SICK !
I met and heard SAKUMA in Paris during the nineties was an EYE ( ear ) OPENING was ever the same since that
Talking about that with amny audiophiles friends ( of the high end trendy cult ) is almost them technology gets above your listening it measures perfect than your ( my) ears are lying when you tell them it doesn't sound natural
The same happens when you try to tell them about the real political not correct. So it is with the high end PC
And another important item revealed by Sakuma and Jean Hiraga is about the magic of transformer the presence of musicians appairing in the
follows the
transformers ( quality TR ) follows the
Both can give you an unknown balance in the time hen time is
music becomes
And you can close your ears without analyzing the electronics and speakers...and stop worrying about THD, IMD and other
The better your system ( the less correction complexity of your electronics ) the more you will connect music to the soul of a simple honest system will let already allow to enjoy the joy of music and the healing it has on your body and soul.>>
some commercial triode amplifiers do already drive a triode with the same constraines one to experience it for ear/soul will tell you if you're doing it right.;



.