If Warmth Is a Distortion, Why Do So Many Audiophiles Still Defend It?

Dear @audio-b-dog   : "   Even when one musician is playing in the orchestra, I have to look around for that musician.  "

In a hall MUSIC waves bounce because the whole hall reflections but as you go nerar and nearer in seat position that bounce almost disappears for your ears but you are not seated at near field position in that hall and that's why you listen what you said in your post.

100 feet from the orchestra are almost 30m. certainly that's not near field seat position and remember that recording microphones are " seated " at near field position.

@ghdprentice   " I would think less emphasis on details over the rest of the spectrum will for fully integrate the sound to so make it sound more real...as opposed to distortion "

That emphasis on " details "  came from the recording proccess or from the room/system reproduction.

In my case if comes in the recording that's what I wnat to hear because is one of my system targets. Yes you can mopdify that details emphasis through rom treatment manipulation but when you do that then you lost not only details because the room treatment does not " understand " of the adyacents harmonics that you could lost. Always exist trade-offs: which yours? because I already choosed mine.

R.

@rauliruegas 

What is reality? Most people sit as far back as I sit or farther. I don't think I'd want to be in the concertmaster's chair. Finding your own "house sound" is a long and winding road, and one that adds depth and years of pleasure to our hobby.

Can you explain how you do this:

"You don’t need double the circuitry for a balanced line setup. Our preamps have been fully balanced and differential since their inception in 1989." ?

@kevemaher Sure! We use differential circuits, which seem to require about 50% more parts in round numbers. In places like the phono section where EQ is required, that is done in the differential domain so is the same number of parts that you would see in a single-ended circuit. 

The outputs of our preamps use a circuit called a Circlotron. We obtained two patents regarding its use. Its a fairly simple circuit though that does not take a lot of parts. 

@atmasphere 

Thanks for the explanation.

Am I correct in assuming that you differentially add two input phases from the XLR input jack at or near the input and then use the Circlotron for the output? (I read the Wikipedia article. Clever way to avoid transformers!) In between those is a single ended signal path.

Or am I not thinking clearly?

Some people like catsup on their steak, some like A-1 and some think any sauce is an abomination.  There is no right or wrong taste.

Also, room acoustics and high frequency sensitivity are often factors.

Gary