In post #171 ACDTG still says
"...then they need to be told that having a Slew Rate of 16V/uS is pathetic (even a $200 HK Receiver has 2.5 times better Slew rate)" ...and if you're still not 100% sure he's confused - even after my last post (#218), just read post #220 again. He still doesn't get it.
Why don't you directly call out bald faced inaccuracies and misinformation posted by high post count (supposedly knowledgeable) members here?
This is not acceptable for a forum like AH.
I don't call people out on every single technical inaccuracies for a variety of reasons, may be I am wrong but to me this is just a hobby forum so we should not be too serious all the time. By the same token I was never "miffed" by anyone expressing opinions as long as they don't present their opinions as facts, and only then I would call them out (only if I happen to have the facts on my side).
It is no surprise that many people, mostly audiophiles especially those who read and believe professional reviews. Like THD+N, do I think RichB could be influenced by the specs between 0.0003% and 0.001%? Of course I do, and I know he's okay with what I am saying now as I just know him (electronically) well enough. So absolutely, and I stated that in my other previous posts that 16 V/uS is more than enough from bandwidth stand point for 100 W output, but then like the THD+N 0.0003% vs 0.001%, or frequency response 10-23,000 Hz versus 5-50,000 Hz +/- 0.5 dB, we shouldn't be surprised when people prefer slew rate to be higher even for 100 W amps.
To clarify a point (for ADTG I guess), and I am sure you know this already since you now have obviously done your research, that since slew rate is a rate of change, i.e. dV/dt, it is not meaningless technically speaking in theory. It is pointless in practice, but only if one takes the same view on the THD+N and Freq response examples I mentioned. Slew rate of 32 V/uS still means the voltage will increase by 32 V per microseconds regardless of the output voltage. Everything else being equal, at 100 W, or even 300 W output, I have no doubt 16 V or 32 V/uS would not make any "audible" difference to humans, but then when it comes to technical specs difference versus discernible difference by humans, let's not pick and choose at what point a specification becomes meaningless. In fact,
@Verdinut and I both have found out recently that even a low cost pro amp can in fact sound totally transparent to us mortal human beings. I am not totally surprised, as @Isiberian post#225 summed it up very well, so I don't need to elaborate.
On last point, I am not sure if you always did it before posting, but you always have yourself covered by at least "Googleable" facts in your follow up posts. For that, I do enjoy reading your posts and would engaged in discussions that involved technical facts. I just hope we can
all be less antagonizing in the way we respond to posts, and try harder to more clearly separate subjective opinions from facts and vice versa.
