I'm more curious, as I've never owned a class A amp and have never been able to A/B test them myself.
They point to the sound being more "open", "warmer", "dynamic", less "sterile".
For tube amps, it seems more reasonable there would be a difference. That extra distortion which colors the sound. For class A, are they essentially hearing less of the same phenomenon?
In the above videos, Mid-Fi guy goes into great detail listing out the differences between various solid state amps. Part of me finds it very hard to believe that he's simply imagining all of it. What do you guys think is going on there?
Josh Valour does a fairly unscientific A/B test of the A90 vs. A90D, but it's still a data point showing some audible differences.
What's going on here? Are so many audiophiles who spend time with this equipment on a daily basis simply imagining all of it?
They point to the sound being more "open", "warmer", "dynamic", less "sterile".
For tube amps, it seems more reasonable there would be a difference. That extra distortion which colors the sound. For class A, are they essentially hearing less of the same phenomenon?
In the above videos, Mid-Fi guy goes into great detail listing out the differences between various solid state amps. Part of me finds it very hard to believe that he's simply imagining all of it. What do you guys think is going on there?
Josh Valour does a fairly unscientific A/B test of the A90 vs. A90D, but it's still a data point showing some audible differences.
What's going on here? Are so many audiophiles who spend time with this equipment on a daily basis simply imagining all of it?