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Do you understand your amplifier?

I see a lot of people talking about the sound of their amplifier. Simply out of curiousity I would love to know how many audiophiles actually understand why their amplifiers sound a specific way. Simply put, how many Audiophiles understand the circuitry of their amplifiers. There is no right or wrong answer. I am just curious.
liguy
dill
815 posts
 
My problem is, my amplifier doesn't understand me!
dookiedan
8 posts
 
Who needs to understand it? That takes all the fun out of it. Just enjoy the hell out of it.
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nonoise
4,382 posts
 
I don't understand my amp so much as I think I understand the rational behind it as presented by the maker. Same for my speakers, cables, source, etc.
I also tried to 'match' them as such and I think I did a pretty good job.
realremo
455 posts
 
LOL @ Dill!
No I don't understand my amp, but as an audiophile I am a rank amateur.
Every time I try to learn about a certain design quality of my amp, like the damping factor or µF memory, someone posts about how that particular design characteristic has no effect on how music sounds. I think there are some electrical engineers on Audiogon who really do understand how their amps' circuitry affects sound, but I'm not one of them.
elizabeth
6,726 posts
 
I have "groaked' the essence of my Bryston 4B-SST2 amplifier. I is satisfied with the speakers it had agreed to drive. Thought it wants a pair of Magnepan 20.1s someday in the future.
I have accepted it's wants as being resonable, and My amp has agreed to cooperate in driving the current Magnepan 3.6s for the forseeable future.
With the pleasant dream of eventually driving something my to it's tastes.
My amp is happy with its power. and the music I play.
So it is pleased to be here.

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