John Curl's Blowtorch preamplifier part II

[bear]

I give up...

Try this: show Mr. Curl some respect.

[pinkmouse]

Key, this forum thrives on objective discussion of audio. At the moment, your comments are anything but, and if you want anyone here to take you seriously you would be well advised to rethink your attitude. By all means point out if you think someone has got things wrong, but you need to do so from a solid base, i.e give details of your system and what specifically you have done to address the issue under debate. Otherwise you just sound like a troll.

[Key]

How am I trolling? Every time this thread gets upped one of you guys has my name on your tongue giving me advice in a really nasty tone. What did I say that was so out of line? JC said some blanket statement about high priced items. I asked well what if the lower priced one measures in every conceivable way better? You guys want me to put up a real world system so you can make fun of it or pick it apart but JC didn't put up a real system and neither did bear. I don't see how I am trolling I have tried to just step away silently from this thread how many times now? You guys really need to chill out. And if you don't like what I said just ignore it. I've seen JC go through this forum calling ANYONE who doesn't agree with his own views ignorant yet I don't see any warnings about him trolling. Seems to me he has been much more offensive in terms of respecting the truth and he has done absolutely nothing to earn any respect from me or anyone who is only casually familiar with his work and doesn't know him.

If you guys truly wanted to test my opinion then you would give me a system to beat. I can't beat a system at the fraction of the cost if I don't have something to work from.

[Joshua_G]

Key,
What makes a sound system being a good one and what makes a sound system being a mediocre one, or a poor one? This question refers to both view points, that of a listener and that of a designer.

[Joshua_G]

John,
If I remember correctly, the servos designs by you which were copied, or emulated here, do 2 different things. 1 is to compare the outputs DC levels to the ground level and keep the outputs DC at ground level. The second is to compare end equalize the DC level between the 2 outputs.

Now, once both outputs DC level is kept at the ground DC level, why is it necessary to compare and equalize the DC level between the 2 outputs?

[Key]

Originally Posted by Joshua_G

Key,
What makes a sound system being a good one and what makes a sound system being a mediocre one, or a poor one? This question refers to both view points, that of a listener and that of a designer.

Hey Joshua,

Don't think this is the best thread to get into it. I don't feel like getting into a back and forth today and it seems obvious to me that any contrary opinion in this thread to JC or bears will be deemed "objectively" ignorant one way or another.

[Joshua_G]

Originally Posted by Key

Hey Joshua,

Don't think this is the best thread to get into it. I don't feel like getting into a back and forth today and it seems obvious to me that any contrary opinion in this thread to JC or bears will be deemed "objectively" ignorant one way or another.

So, what are you after?

[PMA]

Wouldn't it be nice to bring anything constructive here??

My suggestion - let's discuss idle current of the input JFEts.

[brianco]

Don't think this is the best thread to get into it......

Agreed!!

Why not start a new thread putting forward your approach to obtaining the most excellent reproduction quality imaginable?

I think your signature quotation is very apt....it certainly indicates your demonstrated approach to this subject very well indeed!

PMA.

Agreed; perhaps a specific aspect of design/topology/construction should be considered and the "Mods" be asked to police the thread to keep it somewhere near the subject.

[Key]

Originally Posted by brianco

Why not start a new thread putting forward your approach to obtaining the most excellent reproduction quality imaginable?

I think your signature quotation is very apt....it certainly indicates your demonstrated approach to this subject very well indeed!

Haha you realize who I am quoting right? I am quoting it because I find it kinda ironic.

All I wanted to do was have some informal conversation about gear. What does anyone do on these forums?