ralph, a sidebar question
you have talked many times about how what we hear in different amps’ sound are a function of distortion artifacts the amp produces when it is driving a speaker load -- dynamic signal into dynamic load as a function of signal frequency and nature and amount of power being delivered (current and voltage gain) into load
question - in your view, what accounts for some amps having noticeably better soundstaging and imaging capabilities than others? be it solid state vs solid state, solid state vs tube, class a or ab versus class d types
most would say tube amps have the most expansive imaging, better at achieving ’holography’ and perceived image depth so to speak... while class a or ab amps can be all over the map in their spatial capabilites (some better one are quite good in this respect, while others are poor), and often, amps using class d modules really tend to flatten the soundstage and locate instruments/performers relatively poorly
curious to get your take on this...