On Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at 4:01:53 PM UTC-5, Trevor Wilson wrote:

**No. The most expensive cable I sell costs AUS$50.00/Metre pair. I
justify it, based on the fact that it uses good quality, PE insulated
copper, hand soldered, quality connectors.

What's your point? Are you seriously trying to defend the use of a
cheap, ****ty, Chinese tube amp in any good quality system?

You're fighting a losing battle. I've worked on more of these ****-box
amps than I care to think about. They, in many cases, look quite nice
(if you like that kind of style), but they introduce unacceptable levels
of (linear and non-linear) distortion.

FWIW: I have listened to a number of well built, very high performance
tube amps over the years (blind and sighted tests). In some cases, when
the speaker load was suitably benign, the tube amps performed as well as
a significantly less expensive SS amp. In most cases, the tube amps
performed worse.


http://www.rageaudio.com.au/index.php?p=1_4 From your website, so, presumably something that you are selling. Making you both a hypocrite and a liar.

My *point* is that this is a hobby. That there are multiple ways to enjoy it using multiple means and methods. If Eric chooses to use and enjoy a (truly) wretched bit of Chinese equipment - not my first choice, either - then it is his privilege to do so. And not have some lying asshole get up on his high horse about it.

Seldom do I resort to such language, but in this case, you well-and-truly deserve it.

At this point, I have no less than nine (9) amps in active service, being two brute-force amps, solid-state. Four moderate amps, solid-state, and three tube amps, ranging from 75 to 15 wpc/rms. I happen to enjoy all of them, largely for different reasons and under different conditions, and into different speakers.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA