Atmasphere,
I tend to agree with most of what you've said. In addition to these points I'll add that the distribution of the harmonic spectra is also important: their amplitutes should be inversely proportional to the order of the harmonic(ie. 3rd>4th>5th>...>Nth), in a more or less linear fashion. I don't for example like to see the 6th harmonic being highger than the 5th even though the even order 6th is the more "bening" one.
One of the best articles I've seen on HD perception (link bellow) is by Lynn Olson. For those not too technically inclined skip through to the middle where the heading is "The Sound of Different Harmonic Spectra". Also, for those believers in power cables there's a little bonus in the form of a technical explanation as to why power cables do indeed make a difference in many cases.
http://www.nutshellhifi.com/library/FindingCG.html
I tend to agree with most of what you've said. In addition to these points I'll add that the distribution of the harmonic spectra is also important: their amplitutes should be inversely proportional to the order of the harmonic(ie. 3rd>4th>5th>...>Nth), in a more or less linear fashion. I don't for example like to see the 6th harmonic being highger than the 5th even though the even order 6th is the more "bening" one.
One of the best articles I've seen on HD perception (link bellow) is by Lynn Olson. For those not too technically inclined skip through to the middle where the heading is "The Sound of Different Harmonic Spectra". Also, for those believers in power cables there's a little bonus in the form of a technical explanation as to why power cables do indeed make a difference in many cases.
http://www.nutshellhifi.com/library/FindingCG.html