Holographic imaging


Hi folks, is the so called holographic imaging with many tube amplifiers an artifact? With solid state one only hears "holographic imaging" if that is in the recording, but with many tube amps you can hear it all the time. So solid state fails in this department? Or are those tube amps not telling the truth?

Chris
dazzdax
“My instrument tuner can't detect a difference either!”

Atmasphere,

I think I’m realizing why it is so difficult to absorb what I’m claiming.
Not to make things worse but I should mention that my work with amplifiers has taken place at microscopic levels. I have studied the behavior of circuits as they operate or are set into motion.
Since this is far below the radar of test equipment – it is done in a theoretical realm
The changes in gain that I have tried to give as examples are gross exaggerations done in order to make a point that you can recognize at a large scale. In fact the changes in gain that I deal with are typically 1/100th of a db. or less. You will never see this with a spectrum analyzer or o’scope. The tiny changes in gain however will definitely manifest themselves as obvious to the listener when your brain detects the unstable placement of a given sound object in the deployed sound field.

Roger
The realm of that which cannot be measured.

Faith...The Quagmire of audio mysticism.
"09-26-08: Tvad
The realm of that which cannot be measured."

Yes - but it can be heard.

Roger
Yes - but it can be heard.

Roger
Roger_paul (Answers)
Terrific.

The explanation as to why is the issue at hand. Personally, because you admit you are working at theoretical levels and with processes that cannot be measured, I see no difference in your explanation for the H-Cat and those offered by purveyors of squiggly wooden sticks, crystal orbs, metallic offering bowls and jars of rocks.

The cause of the perceived effectiveness of these devices cannot be measured, and therefore it's left to Faith to explain why some users hear benefits.