In the Power Paradigm the box design puts the peak at a lower frequency to take advantage of the extra energy- but again netting fairly flat frequency response, but wiht the additional benefit of bass extension, which might well be up to half an octave.Atmasphere, what does this mean?
The box resonance peak is where it is. How does the Power Paradigm amplifier move that peak to a lower frequency?
If the resistance in the bass region goes up (due to a box resonance) then the current into that higher resistance goes down. the voltage must go up to keep constant power. Where does the bass extension come from?
A good example is an ESL, whose impedance curve is based on a capacitor. It really works a lot better if the amp makes constant power rather than constant voltage.I believe that a traditional SS amp (one that was not designed for an ESL in mind) will likely sound mediocre 'cuz of the high capacitance load that will tend to make that amp oscillate & eventually fail. OTOH, if a SS amp is designed with an ESL in mind (& a few names come to mind that are being used successfully with ESLs & planars) then these SS amps will be effective.
The answer here is quite simply, such amps that can drive such loads are usually incapable of sounding like real music, as they have design features that violate human hearing/perceptual rules.I'm afraid that I do not agree with this either. Again, a few examples come to mind where amps that have been designed to tackle tough-load speakers do sound very musical.
I agree that copious amounts of global negative feedback totally ruin the sonics of the amplifier. However, there are a few manuf who have figured out how to tackle hard speaker loads & yet sound musical.