• Exactly, harmonic richness, subtle distortion and compression are absolutely key to what most people associate with a pleasing sound. That reviewer is effectively dismissing a product with having listened to it based on the premise that the closer to an arbitrary theoretical perfection your stats are, the better something will sound. It's a fundamentally nuts proposition.

  • harmonic richness, subtle distortion and compression are absolutely key to what most people associate with a pleasing sound

    But they are already there in natural music. You don't need a bad amplifier adding more of them.

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