Does it annoy you when companies don't show the internals of electronics ?


I noticed that merrill audio and mcintosh general don't show all the internals of their electronics. A friend of mine actually asked merrill to see pics of the internals of their amps and pres. The remark from merrill... 'people listen to how they sound they don't look at whats inside.'

But why hide it? Are they trying to protect some secrets of their tech? Might as well just show it... if you have dones something truly exceptional people will appreciate that and its going to be that easy to rip off.
smodtactical

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A neat layout and wiring doesn't always add up to good sound or even reliability,
It certainly adds up to a consistent sound quality, from unit to unit..
https://ibb.co/nsvpQJG


sometimes it even causes hum and noise problems.
The opposite is true with this
https://ibb.co/R2X5tSY


Point to point wired tube gear everything should be at the tube sockets
.Just like this.
https://ibb.co/Z8mN6fP 
https://ibb.co/KWCHD4r

Cheers George
We simply know so little of what matters and what does not. We can look all we want.
1: How could anyone think that two of these could possibly sound the same??

2: When it goes wrong who is going to trace that rats nest out to fix it??

3: It very dangerous and definitely not approved, the way things are mounted/not mounted.

Cheers George
Not nice to see what looks like refrigerator caps.
Auricaps, alps and point to point wiring does not help much.


This is how point to point should be done https://ibb.co/7Rs7Ry3 

Cheers George



smodtactical OP Does it annoy you when companies don’t show the internals of electronics ?


Yes, they eventually get shown, what you don’t want is some thing like this, a very expensive two box tube preamp that many here on Audiogon rave about, because outside it's looks like a "glitzer's dream"
I say how could it sound good or consistent, as each one would sound different to the next because of the rats-nest wiring, and the yellow coupling caps flapping around in the wind, not to mention the dangerous way some HV power supply capacitors are mounted just with silicon gel, and power resistors hanging in air
https://ibb.co/q7MtPVz
https://ibb.co/K9cnNkX

Cheers George