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It's nice to see that they are trying to keep people from the truth but the cat is already out of the bag.  The more threads that are locked, the worse it gets. 

 

Birgir, can you tell us more of this ? I wonder what changes happened in the low impedance version made it worse ? 

 

As with any OTL amp the output impedance is governed by the tube used.  No good way around that except adding more tubes in parallel.  What Craig did was mess with the feedback which is dumb thing to do as it completely changes the amp and thus how it sounds.  The change was also far from subtle, more akin to a proverbial sledgehammer. 

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The popular culture pushed by pervasive entertainment norms drone on that opinions are just as important as fact.  People are more concerned with being heard than being objectively correct, because shooting from the hip is easier and more fun than due diligence.

 

that and the fact that many don't even know what objective means.... when I tried to explain the concept I always get comments like "i heard the difference, so it's objective" or "people are hearing the difference, so it must be objective."

The idea that what you hear is the result of your brain's processing of the information that you have received from your body (thus highly affected by your personal experience/belief and is highly subjective) is way too complicated and sophisticated for many.

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Listening is Subjective (Personal opinion)

Measuring is Objective (Standard units of measure)

 

Just like motherhood and apple pie  ;D

 

that and the fact that many don't even know what objective means.... when I tried to explain the concept I always get comments like "i heard the difference, so it's objective" or "people are hearing the difference, so it must be objective."

The idea that what you hear is the result of your brain's processing of the information that you have received from your body (thus highly affected by your personal experience/belief and is highly subjective) is way too complicated and sophisticated for many.

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Keeping on insisting that you will not provide internal photos will only fan the flames and make people think something is being hidden (it is :) ). Particularly since many others do provide porn shots without being asked for them. Hell, Ray even had internal shots on his website.

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As with any OTL amp the output impedance is governed by the tube used.  No good way around that except adding more tubes in parallel.  What Craig did was mess with the feedback which is dumb thing to do as it completely changes the amp and thus how it sounds.  The change was also far from subtle, more akin to a proverbial sledgehammer. 

thanks for the explanations. That clear some of my confusions, I always thought the difference in sound between the two was from impedance mismatching with the headphones.

Keeping on insisting that you will not provide internal photos will only fan the flames and make people think something is being hidden (it is :) ). Particularly since many others do provide porn shots without being asked for them. Hell, Ray even had internal shots on his website.

may be he learned the lesson from Ray with his dorkstar internal shots  ::)

Regard of the picture, there was a pre production pic of Lau. Not good enough anw but there's something 3bc1a079_LAuProtoSmall.png

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thanks for the explanations. That clear some of my confusions, I always thought the difference in sound between the two was from impedance mismatching with the headphones.

may be he learned the lesson from Ray with his dorkstar internal shots  ::)

Regard of the picture, there was a pre production pic of Lau. Not good enough anw but there's something 

 

Ray didn't post those internal shots of the Dorkstar, Skylab did. 

 

 

I love the all bold reply in the comments.  :)

 

Prolly cause he dont want you and Biggie LOLling at his choice of mosfets. He-he, har-de-har, LOOKY! spurt, fizzle, mozfeet outputz. Choke! spuzzle....

 

Nothing wrong with the transistors though I always prefer BJT's.  How they are mounted is the real problem.  Reminds me of a crappy Shangling amp I once serviced.  Nobody had given servicing any thought on that amp either... 

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Yuppers....almost felt I oughta wrap that post up in tin foil and send it down the river...but hey, it was pretty funny so I let it stand. Takes all kinds.

 

 

 

Be fun to do a review on the new Monsanto Headphone amp for April 1st.

 

Seemed more like a lunatic's manifesto than a comment on your article. 

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"Be fun to do a review on the new Monsanto Headphone amp for April 1st."

 

 

How about one on the new "Dupont Freon" amp that sounds cold, but significantly adds to global warming?

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