@Bombaywalla, you wrote the following "side comment" above:
"In the end, I also agree speakers are the worst offenders but I learnt that not everyone agrees on this. This surprised me as it's so easy to hear the distortion thru speakers esp. if they are not time-coherent (which 99% in the market are not). Anyway, just a side comment FWIW:
Of course, ... how could one not but agree. It's common sense. But your "side comment FWIW" is a pet issue of mine: namely, time coherence. Add to that room effect factors.
If interested in my "FWIW side comment," take a look at the "DEQX Game Changer" thread, which has over 400 posts, including contributions from Al (Almarg). IMO, I think the DEQX addresses many speaker/room related problems touched on in this thread that transcends many "simple" amp/speaker compatibility issues.
"In the end, I also agree speakers are the worst offenders but I learnt that not everyone agrees on this. This surprised me as it's so easy to hear the distortion thru speakers esp. if they are not time-coherent (which 99% in the market are not). Anyway, just a side comment FWIW:
Of course, ... how could one not but agree. It's common sense. But your "side comment FWIW" is a pet issue of mine: namely, time coherence. Add to that room effect factors.
If interested in my "FWIW side comment," take a look at the "DEQX Game Changer" thread, which has over 400 posts, including contributions from Al (Almarg). IMO, I think the DEQX addresses many speaker/room related problems touched on in this thread that transcends many "simple" amp/speaker compatibility issues.