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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 1086528" data-attributes="member: 555320">That&#039;s funny, considering the guy who started the $10,000 amp challenge had a world championship and undefeated sound quality competition car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif&nbsp; And the fact that there are very, very, very, very many sound quality competitors, world champions and top 5 ranker&#039;s who will also concede that there&#039;s no sonic differences between amps with similar specs (or specs that fall within the inaudible range/differences in the inaudible range).So, might want to do a little more research into the topic before you try to tear someone apart //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gifAnyways....the question here isn&#039;t &quot;do amps sound different&quot;.&nbsp; We know two amps, even identical amps, can sound different.&nbsp; Drive one amp into hard clipping (and hence high distortion) and not the other.&nbsp; WHAM!&nbsp; The two identical amps sound different.&nbsp; Things like frequency response anamolies, high THD, insufficient damping factor, insufficient slew rate, power differences, etc etc will all cause two amps to sound different.&nbsp; This we know.&nbsp; Now, the question is, if all those known factors are at equal and/or inaudible levels or inaudible differences, will the amps still sound different?&nbsp; Thus far, anyone has yet to conclusive prove that yes, they will sound different.&nbsp; Maybe our measurement aren&#039;t the best.&nbsp; Maybe there are some other types of testing that needs to be done that we presently don&#039;t understand under our current physics theories.&nbsp; But, IMHO, the best &quot;evidence&quot; we presently have against the idea that amps of equal performance will/can sound different is the amp challenge by RC.......that anyone has yet to beat.&nbsp; CA&amp;amp;E did an amp &quot;head to head&quot; listening test.....but their experiment was so far from scientifically valid that they might aswell have not even wasted their time doing it.So, after all that BS, what&#039;s the moral of the story;&nbsp; Pick an amp based on price, build quality, aesthetics, warranty, features, efficiency and power rather than sonic differences.&nbsp; Any quality amp will suffice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 1086528, member: 555320"] That's funny, considering the guy who started the $10,000 amp challenge had a world championship and undefeated sound quality competition car [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] And the fact that there are [I]very, very, very, very[/I] many sound quality competitors, world champions and top 5 ranker's who will also concede that there's no sonic differences between amps with similar specs (or specs that fall within the inaudible range/differences in the inaudible range). So, might want to do a little more research into the topic before you try to tear someone apart [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] Anyways....the question here isn't "do amps sound different". We know two amps, even identical amps, can sound different. Drive one amp into hard clipping (and hence high distortion) and not the other. WHAM! The two identical amps sound different. Things like frequency response anamolies, high THD, insufficient damping factor, insufficient slew rate, power differences, etc etc will all cause two amps to sound different. This we know. Now, the question is, if all those [I]known[/I] factors are at equal and/or inaudible levels or inaudible differences, will the amps [B]still[/B] sound different? Thus far, anyone has yet to conclusive prove that yes, they will sound different. Maybe our measurement aren't the best. Maybe there are some other types of testing that needs to be done that we presently don't understand under our current physics theories. But, IMHO, the best "evidence" we presently have against the idea that amps of equal performance will/can sound different is the amp challenge by RC.......that anyone has yet to beat. CA&E did an amp "head to head" listening test.....but their experiment was so far from scientifically valid that they might aswell have not even wasted their time doing it. [B]So, after all that BS, what's the moral of the story[/B]; Pick an amp based on price, build quality, aesthetics, warranty, features, efficiency and power rather than sonic differences. Any quality amp will suffice. [/QUOTE]

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