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Your assessment makes a lot of sense. I probably could have been a bit more tactful in my responses but the whole DBT/Blind argument is often a point of contention for me. I see that term being abused or manipulated too often by manufacturers or consumers alike to make too many sweeping...

I never claimed all amplifiers sound different but that doesn't mean they all sound the same when not being overdriven. I have given you plenty of reasons including measurements, and personal experiences why amps can sound different even when operating at lowish steadystate power levels. My...

This is becoming tiresome. Like arguing with the Black Knight of Monty Python. Harman are strict followers of blind testing and will disagree with you. A Blind test literally means you CAN'T see or know the products tested in the room. I never proclaim to be as knowledgeable as Olive/Toole...

Massive power for transients. Yes I am a BIG believer of this. Most high power amps (with the exception of some shoddy Class D amps) have lots of output devices, lots of current capability and very low output impedance. They act more like an ideal voltage source than lower power amps...

Now you're playing with semantics regarding sighted vs blind. The listeners can still see the amps in the room so in the strictest sense, its sighted. They just can't identify which is playing. My assumption of your knowledge/experience is based on your prior statements and lack of...

Again you assume a speaker will only draw a fixed wattage. It doesn't. Amplifiers can and do current limit. If an amplifier output impedance is high, the resultant frequency response when driving a complex load impedance will vary compared to one that has a low output impedance. Even if both...

How the F*CK does it matter if an amp test is sighted or blind? If someone else is doing the switching, and its level matched, there is no way for the listener to know which amp is playing. It blows my mind how one can over generalize with little or no real world experience or analysis rather...

You are assuming a speaker is a simple resistor. It is NOT. You are assuming an audio signal is a simple steady state tone. It is NOT. There are many factors that affect sound quality. I am not in the camp that ALL amps sound the same if not driven beyond their linearity. I've heard...

That is a very closed minded opinion and a narrow analysis of a complex steady state problem using static analysis. As someone who not only reviews amps and speakers for a living, but has also designed amps and holds an EE in analog engineering, I would never make a statement like that nor do I...

Very good points but separate amps tend to drive demanding speaker loads a lot better than budget or even midpriced AV Receivers. Even at lowish power levels we have found audible differences. It really depends on speaker type, room acoustics and source material.

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I can change the page title to Audio Media Player if you guys think its more appropriate.

When I implemented the Google Panda SEO fix on our site by simplifying our folder structure, we had to kill our navigation. Now we have a very simple Navbar with a site map at the bottom of the page, global. This works ALOT better. Nobody uses NAvbars anymore. 70% of our traffic is new and...

thx. LOL well I just added a section about what to do with the unused amps in the receiver so you can tell her you need to upgrade so you can power speakers in another room or run a full 9.1 system with height channels :)

I will have my site ADMIN explore that option in the very near future site redesign. thx,

We will NEVER be as big as CNET but we certainly have far more traffic than any other AV Review Magazine. However, it's still a challenge to be taken seriously by some manufacturers that still have their head in Print which by all intents and purposes is an obsolete format.

I hear what you're saying but also feel you are over generalizing. There are some speaker switches that are better than others at doing this job, like this one: Aton DLA6 Six Zone Speaker Selector Preview | Audioholics Running a distribution amp is typically the best option as you point out...

Again you're not really running a true DBT unless you don't know what speakers are being tested, the person running the test doesn't know what speakers are being tested, and the person analyzing the data doesn't know what speakers are being tested. Single Blind Test is sufficient. Also, all...

Excellent observations and I agree 100% However, Single Blind Tests are adequate even for cable testing. True DBT's are very difficult and often impractical to setup. Thanks for the feedback.