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In the Forum: Melquiades Amplifier
In the Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps
Post Subject: Neutral or neutral/uncoloured?Posted by tuga on: 12/1/2008
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 nl wrote:
I am interested that Romy has found some interest in But, if I wanted "neutral" I would use a gainclone-type amp. DHTs can be among the lowest-distortion amplification devices ever made. However, most DHT users like the funny addition they make to the sound, and tend to emphasize this aspect.


Hi NL,

Why do you describe op-amp based gainclones as "neutral"? Is this Romy's "neutrality" or a neutral/uncoloured sound (in fact, how could someone one day decide that distortion and colour are one and the same really puzzles me! What if we were to classify an image with chromatic distortion as coloured?)?
I have had experience with an op-amp based amplifier and found it had a distinct signature (less so when using wide-range single driver speakers).

 nl wrote:

In general, DHT amps are lacking in power, dynamics and bandwidth.


Would this be the result of poor implementation or rather a feature of such technology?
If the latter is true, then it might only make sense to use DHT for Injection purposes...

Regards,
Tuga

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