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In the Forum: Melquiades Amplifier
In the Thread: Single-stage Melquiades vs. DHT amps
Post Subject: Randomness and Music's PrerogativePosted by Paul S on: 12/4/2008
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Given enough time (and enough distance), most "randomness" adopts (or appears to adopt) some sort of a "pattern" or patterns.

This appears at the rote level to be yet another variant of the old "musical versus accurate" conundrum.  Yes, the idea of true "freedom of movement" via hi-fi seems far-fetched, unless it is understood that we are speaking in purely relative terms.  Of course I am speaking in relative terms, ie, not all amps do this equally well, to allow the music to go where it will.  Meantime, I still find it hard to wrap my mind around the idea that we can introduce "random" noise that will not eventually be perceived as a constant/distortion  or some kind of limiting or merely ancillary factor.

I certainly do not hear music as "random" just because it is +/- "unpredictable" at a certain level, as it unfolds.  I still think the an amp's ability to "get out of the way" is an important marker in "allowing" music, and I do hear this best accomplished by SETs, and, yes, DHT SETs.  Further, I have always heard this "strength" as the flip side of the SET "weakness", that it lacks the ability to "facilitate" what it "allows".

If I were not so cheap and lazy, I would be trying to get more energy from/in the lower-mids on down, and I would also like to get the "proper discontinuity" between the mids and HF that I hear in live music, where the upper mids/lower treble seem to be kind of "random" in a "spike-y" sort of way.  But I aim to do this primarily with speakers, not amplifier "effects".

Despite my current facination with the ML2, I am very leery of amplifier effects, which I feel take away the Music's "prerogative".

To close with one of my patented full-twisters, I do acknowledge the remote possibility that even an audible "randomiziing" effect of the sort we are discussing here might yet have enough of a desirable effect to offset it, like the ML2's effects still work for me (with good electricity).  To this end, I would at least make a serious try for the AC filament.  Buzz notwithstanding, this seemed to have the "aliveness" thing down, anyway.

Best regards,
Paul S

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