Roger wrote,
"geoffkait
Would you settle for whatever distortion you get in the concert hall during a live performance?
Its nothing but air which is a linear transfer medium.
If it did exactly the same thing in your home would you say "this is just like being there"? If not then some kind of distortion is happening at home and the alternative medium [electrical] transfer of sound waves does not match the purity of air.
It is a simple concept. Make the electronics act like air.
It requires that you match the velocity of air which is zero with no wind.
The sound waves velocity riding on top of a zero velocity (air) results in a single un-modulated constant speed of Mach One (about 750 mph)
When that happens you will not be able to tell them apart."
This is no longer a theory."
The problem with your argument is that there are many other sources of distortion in the home audio system other than the amplifier; thus, even though you might have solved this particular problem in an audio amplifier, I still cannot say to myself, "This is live." It is a logical fallacy that one can automatically achieve audio nirvana using an ideal amplifier, assuming for a moment that is what yours is. Things are just not that simple. There are distortions associated with speakers, with room acoustics anomalies such as slap echo, standing waves, reflected waves, with the effects of seismic vibration, the effects of mechanical vibration of motors, transforrmers, etc., the effects of static electric fields on the CD or LP and cables, the effects of induced magnetic fields in the wires and cables, the very large induced magnetic fields in large honking transformers, distortions resulting from wire and cable and fuses being installed in the wrong direction, distortions due to local environmental influences (Morphic fields), improper speaker set up, not to mention weather effects, sun spots effects, time of day effects. In other words in order to achieve "live" the audiophile who is attempting to get into audio nirvana must pay attention to everything, not just the speed of acoustic waves in air.
