" Full range, quality high efficiency speakers tend to be big and expensive.
I think you have blame the laws of physics for that!!! "
WHo better to blame without a dispute? :^)
Of course, Atmasphere's claim that negative feedback always makes an amp not sound like music as always is highly debatable, though he certainly backs up what he says with his products by not using NF.
The consensus answer to the NF issue seems to be that the results are a function of how it is done, with global feedback being more problematic than local.
My observation from listening and reading on teh topic is that good Class D switching amps seem to have a good NF implementation that makes it a non issue in terms of sounding "like music" or more like a good tube amp. Of course, what music really "sounds like" is highly subjective anyhow, so arguing about it is probably a moot point. Each experienced audiophile knows what does or does not sound like music or not to them.
I think Atmasphere and I do agree though from past discussions that one of the best indicators that things are working well is when turning the volume up sounds good and the high volume does not call attention to itself and is best indicated mainly by its volume relative to other sounds, like people talking, etc., and a bad NF implementation would seem to work against that goal.
I think you have blame the laws of physics for that!!! "
WHo better to blame without a dispute? :^)
Of course, Atmasphere's claim that negative feedback always makes an amp not sound like music as always is highly debatable, though he certainly backs up what he says with his products by not using NF.
The consensus answer to the NF issue seems to be that the results are a function of how it is done, with global feedback being more problematic than local.
My observation from listening and reading on teh topic is that good Class D switching amps seem to have a good NF implementation that makes it a non issue in terms of sounding "like music" or more like a good tube amp. Of course, what music really "sounds like" is highly subjective anyhow, so arguing about it is probably a moot point. Each experienced audiophile knows what does or does not sound like music or not to them.
I think Atmasphere and I do agree though from past discussions that one of the best indicators that things are working well is when turning the volume up sounds good and the high volume does not call attention to itself and is best indicated mainly by its volume relative to other sounds, like people talking, etc., and a bad NF implementation would seem to work against that goal.