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“The design has the shortest signal path with all resistor and capacitor leads cut to less than ¼ inch long. So the conventional approach does not apply to this amp “. 
Sophia Electric 845 Single Ended Mono-Block Amplifiers
I guess a short signal path really is a Short one!
Sophia Electric 845 Single Ended Mono-Block Amplifiers
I guess a short signal path really is a Short one!
"Most importantly: it is extremely musical with a rich tonality that nevertheless remains accurate."...
... Super linear, distortion-free sound,..."
Hmmm
... Super linear, distortion-free sound,..."
Hmmm
That's what the bureaucrats tried to convince you! They're only trying to sell their more expensive "clean" audio. NO PROOF! /s
Mine's even shorter - within the chip itself. I wonder how short it really is, between the "DAC" and "amplifier" physical die construction, as depicted in the block diagram?
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Cut the component leads short to minimize the signal path. Does not that same signal flow through about 500 FEET of wire inside the OPT and the other transformers only to fight its way through more wire to get to your speakers? It didn't make a flying leap out of the turntable either. Lets see, those grid wires inside the 845's are nearly an inch long....each. Maybe they need some trimming too.
So, even if the "shortest path is best" mentality is 100% correct, how much improvement was made by trimming a few component leads? .000nuthin percent!
We all know how bad those things are.....suitable only for cheap MP3 players! Guess I screwed up real bad....My 845 amp has 3 of them.
Hey, for $20K the PCB's should be made from gold plated Kryptonite.
So, even if the "shortest path is best" mentality is 100% correct, how much improvement was made by trimming a few component leads? .000nuthin percent!
We all know how bad those things are.....suitable only for cheap MP3 players! Guess I screwed up real bad....My 845 amp has 3 of them.
Hey, for $20K the PCB's should be made from gold plated Kryptonite.
Well, if you read in their KT88 amp description you'll discover they have a guy who "voices" the amps. So if that guy decides shorts are good, then shorts it is. Perhaps short shorts.
Well, extremely fast and clean SS amps are often described as "cold analytical" while slower less damping way more distorting Tube ones are often described as warm - fuzzy - musical.
Not my words, but they are out there ... even inside DYA.
We need a new distortion measurement criteria for that one since most of the distortion is not of a harmonic nature.....I propose TIN, Total Inharmonic Noise (or Nonsense). Most of what flows out of the TV set these days runs about 100% TIN.