Distortions that the human ear likes. Are there any ?

cleeds
But there are those who enjoy euphonic distortion. For example, one thread here got in to quite a bust-up when a user insisted his LP dubs to R-2-R were more accurate than the original LPs. He just couldn’t accept that he preferred the tape dubs because of the addition of small amounts of euphonic distortion. (After all, a dub of an LP can’t contain information not on the original disc. It can only add distortion, however slight it may be.)

>>>>Oh, I don’t know, why can’t a copy of an LP be better than the original or contain more information? It certainly seems to be true that a copy of a CD can be better than the original and contain more information. Or perhaps a copy of an LP to cassette. I suspect things are quite a bit more complicated than we realize sometimes. Actually I think the term euphonic distortion probably originated with naysayers attempting to claim such and such a thing couldn’t possibly work. I also just explained why euphonic distortion would be buried in a sea of bad distortions, anyway, so even if there was such a thing as euphonic distortion you wouldn’t be able to hear it. The good distortion would be buried in the noise/distortion. You don’t think you’re listening to undistorted sound when you listen to music, do you?

Well I don't think it could Rilly be better. If it were, then the more tape copies you make from the original tape, then the better the result should sound, yes??

You might, I suppose, indeed come up with a preference for a single-generation copy tape to the original vinyl, but if your system's response were being continually improved by other means, would you come to the point that all you preferred was the vinyl?

ivan_nosnibor
Well, I don’t think it could Rilly be better. If it were, then the more tape copies you make from the original tape, then the better the result should sound, yes??

>>>>I’m not saying yes but I’m definitely not saying no. But that’s getting ahead of the question. I’m only asking about one copy. I’m not considering other variables just copying.

This is right. Say, some audiophiles use single-output tube amplifiers with output triodes and low feedback or without feedback at all. Such devices produce strong second harmonic and these people decide that this is a sample of ideal sound.