Moved to Everything Else..Interesting. How does one then say an amplifier is "timbre accurate" if one has to take into consideration the speakers, the listening room, and god knows what all else? Clearly then any "timbre accuracy" is dependent upon the system AND environment, NOT the amplifier.
When applied to an amplifier, I;d have to agree that it sounds like hype. That such a phenomenon exists is not the same thing as calling it some sort of spec for a particular amplifier.
What next? I can imagine bottled water claiming it has "specific gravity." I bet it does.
When applied to an amplifier, I;d have to agree that it sounds like hype. That such a phenomenon exists is not the same thing as calling it some sort of spec for a particular amplifier.
What next? I can imagine bottled water claiming it has "specific gravity." I bet it does.
I've always understood it in relation to the harmonic spectrum of the amplifier's distortion characteristics (keeping in mind, that timbral accuracy is a subjective term while harmonic distortion is a measurement term).
Eg an amplifier with primarily second and third HD, harmonics that are extremely common in musical instruments, and very low or negligible fourth or higher order harmonic distortion, would probably be more likely to be described as tiimbrally accurate. In comparison to one with an identical Total Harmonic Distortion specification, but one where odd high-order harmonics dominate.
Enzo, Timbral Accuracy is a reviewer's term. One would expect the associated equipment would be of suitable quality and known characteristics, so that substituting an amplifier would reveal the component's overall sound quality (or lack of it).
Eg an amplifier with primarily second and third HD, harmonics that are extremely common in musical instruments, and very low or negligible fourth or higher order harmonic distortion, would probably be more likely to be described as tiimbrally accurate. In comparison to one with an identical Total Harmonic Distortion specification, but one where odd high-order harmonics dominate.
Enzo, Timbral Accuracy is a reviewer's term. One would expect the associated equipment would be of suitable quality and known characteristics, so that substituting an amplifier would reveal the component's overall sound quality (or lack of it).
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