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In the Thread: The last phonocorrector: “End of Life" Phonostage
Post Subject: One-Story JackPosted by Brian Clark on: 6/5/2008
In the absent of any counter hypothesis I stick to mine. By introducing a relatively high level of harmonic distortion at the beginning of the amplification chain with "natural" decay structure the result that reaches our ear/brains is most pleasing, at least as long as we are attending to the music and not analyzing the sound with technical ears that register the sin of commission that has been committed ;o)
Although homogenizing to an extent, for record collectors this is a very nice situation since it allows us to tolerate less than perfect pressings and enjoy the performance without undue distraction from the imperfections in the reproduction. For those who are focussed on the technicalities of reproduction rather than musical content it is not acceptable I guess.
12AX7 vs 6DJ8 anyone?
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