LSA Voyager GAN Amplifier

Of course, that is exactly where we heard the difference.......as a cartridge load to ground.   We all heard the difference in ALL brands and types of resistors.....still can, wherever they are used in a circuit. Tons of audio companies pick resistors for "sound".  It is true that most "metal film" resistors of the same type and wattage will sound similar.....but try a Caddock or Nude Vishay or various good sounding surface mount resistors.....and a way different sound emerges. 

Yeah, whatever Ric.

ricevs,
No, we actually agree mostly all the way.  It is intuitively plain to me how resistors could have their own sound relating to their materials and design.  Transistors are semi-conductors, and even the name "transistor" is similar to "resistor"  he he.  Vacuum tubes have been called natural amplification devices, and it is surprising that semi-conductors have the great specs that they do.  So resistors are devices of their own.  Someone must have come up with measurements that correlate with the superior sound of the resistors you like.  So in what way was the 150K resistor better sounding than the 38K of the same brand?  Did the 150K in that circuit have more HF extension than 38K, analogous to how the 47K ohm loading of the MC cartridge has more HF than at 100 ohm?

Your cartridge story is amusing.  Cartridges are complex beings like speakers, and it is well known that speaker measurements don't correlate much with the character of sound emanating from those boxes.  However, I can well imagine that the best sounding cartridge you heard had better specs than the others, but the routine simple amplitude/freq sweeps, static/dynamic compliance specs don't tell much, and are merely at the kindergarten level.

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You mostly don’t test stuff or rarely change your equipment, you make comments on what others say. You are like Howard Cosell.....calling a fight.....you summarize and make pointed comments. Are you being of service? What did we just learn? Service is love with doing. What is the actual purpose of your last post? Did the post come from your heart?.....or from some need for recognition?....or ? Only you know. Real knowledge is power. The power to make a real difference.

We all eventually will do this....for....a life unexamined....is a life asleep.  I try and make every word and post a blessing to all.....sometimes my ego gets in the way.....we are all bozos on the bus.  Our reality will catch up with our deepest intentions.  My deepest intention is that everyone.....I mean everyone....is happy.

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Is this the Ram Dass forum? Did I just bear witness to someone's Timothy Leary flashback? I thought this was audio, not some peace and love new age electric koolaid acid fest... I suppose when you have nothing of substance to back up your opinions you can always try to dazzle with smoke, mirrors, and emptiness.