Re: Stereo receievers: THD of .04 vs. .08

"Mr.T" <MrT@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> To elaborate, the cross-over region introduces a highly
>> non-linear 'kink' into the transfer characteristic of an
>> amplifier at exactly the audibly most critical point. No
>> amount of obfuscation can deny that basic fact. The
>> smartest techniques to ameliorate the situation include
>> 'moving' the kink away from the zero signal region by
>> various methods and 'stretching' the kink so its effect
>> at any given level is reduced.
>
> And yet many modern amplifiers when properly measured at
> 1W (regardless of max power rating, and price) still
> exhibit miniscule levels of THD and IMD. The theory is
> correct, but not necessarily a real problem.

I suspect that Graham and the last AP test set he ever used have been 
separated for some time. Me, I never had one, but figured out how to fake
it 
with really good sound cards.  A fairly mediocre one in the right hands 
could educate the man about modern reality.