Because harmonic distortion is not musical, don't get confused by the word "harmonic" 😉For great measurement gear, it certainly stops much much lower down, but I fail to understand why that should be important, since I use amps to amplify music for my pleasure and not for academic reasons.
Let's put the thread back on the rails though, what about Mauro Penasa's work I posted the link to several days ago?
Someone dare to judge it objectively, without killer sentences and/or patronizing words?
In my view, it has to do with feedback and some possible negative implications on the Amplifier-Loudspeaker interface, and should therefore be on topic.
Someone dare to judge it objectively, without killer sentences and/or patronizing words?
In my view, it has to do with feedback and some possible negative implications on the Amplifier-Loudspeaker interface, and should therefore be on topic.
It is easy to get de-railed by losing your focus. If you choose the accurate reproduction of music as your goal then it becomes easier to deselect the confident voices of those who do not subordinate their theories and rationale to musical experience.Normally I don't agree with much of your posts, but this one certainly is 100% correct and points up that in any area where the experts disagree there are likely to be religious wars rather than logical discussion.
I fail to understand why that should be important, since I use amps to amplify music for my pleasure and not for academic reasons.
It was established earlier in this thread that trying to get as low distortion and as linear amplification as possible is a valid personal goal in itself.
What's the use of running 100m in less than 10secs except for personal satisfaction?
Jan
Let's put the thread back on the rails though, what about Mauro Penasa's work I posted the link to several days ago?
Someone dare to judge it objectively, without killer sentences and/or patronizing words?
In my view, it has to do with feedback and some possible negative implications on the Amplifier-Loudspeaker interface, and should therefore be on topic.
Sorry I can't find that. Could you repeat the link?
Jan
Like these? 🙂Someone dare to judge it objectively, without killer sentences and/or patronizing words?
^You certainly have an issue with quoting...
I don't think Mark Tillotson wrote this.
You might want to repeat the link each time you ask people to review it. 🙂Let's put the thread back on the rails though, what about Mauro Penasa's work I posted the link to several days ago?
Sorry I can't find that. Could you repeat the link?
Jan
Here it is (my post in this thread, just to fall into context):
https://www.diyaudio.com/forums/sol...dback-huge-benefit-audio-179.html#post6284004
You might want to repeat the link each time you ask people to review it. 🙂
Yup, I had to search it too... 🙂
found it by typing in "Penasa" under "Search this thread"
What's the use of running 100m in less than 10secs except for personal satisfaction?
Jan
Depends what is trying to eat you and if you have a slower mate. Like the old joke 'I don't need to outrun the bear, I just need to outrun you' 🙂
It was established earlier in this thread that trying to get as low distortion and as linear amplification as possible is a valid personal goal in itself.[...]
OK, that makes the viewpoint of some much clearer to me.
Kinda competition.
Penasa wrote:
The use of a 0.22 ohm output series resistor was used by a well known amplifier brand in the 1970s and they use one to this day.OBJECTIVE: to improve the interface linearity of a GC (LM3875)
SOLUTION: To reduce the sensibility of the feedback loop to EMF [NFB is the main culprit in this problem] We will add a resistance [.27 ohm 5W] in series with the output so as to decouple the negative feedback loop from EMF and to decrease the dumping factor.
RESULT: a drastic improvement in immunity against EMF & a more “balanced” sound [see following FFT graphs] To be noticed the popularity of this tweak amongst GC fans! [a series output R]
CONCLUSION: I have measured and resolved a problem, which is “heard” by many.
Depends what is trying to eat you and if you have a slower mate. Like the old joke 'I don't need to outrun the bear, I just need to outrun you' 🙂
Ha! So that measurement alone doesn't tell you anything whether you'll survive or not.
There are other variables, maybe the bear knows a shortcut and it doesn't help you're the world champion in sprinting?
What an analogy 😎
And we do not know the Name 😉[...]The use of a 0.22 ohm output series resistor was used by a well known amplifier brand in the 1970s and they use one to this day.
They must be really good at marketing to convince people and magazines that this resistor makes their amps sound better, for 50 years!
Or...nah, what's not allowed to be true just cannot be true.
Or...nah, what's not allowed to be true just cannot be true.

But it's in my electronics textbook. The NFB model clearly shows that adding an output resistor to the perfectly linear, zero output impedance gain element will only make the output more sensitive to the load. Away with your subjective nonsense!
[...]Away with your subjective nonsense!
OK OK, I run out of time anyway now. 🙂
Posting on diya doesn't really help to feed me and my family 🙁
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