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<blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 320814" data-attributes="member: 540940">Disregarding Pyramid and the like - there isn&#039;t an amp on the market (other than class D) that has a higher THD than, what? 0.1% at rated power - which is at least 10x, some say as high as 30x less than audible distortion.&nbsp; THD isn&#039;t worth concerning yourself with.That&#039;s just not true.&nbsp; Engineers in the field routinely claim that S/N is only a factor if it&#039;s below 40 or 50 - which we all know every amp is well above.It&#039;s all relative.&nbsp; Think of it this way, using your example of an amp with a 90 S/n vs. a 110S/n - both amps producing 100dB of music.&nbsp; The amp with 110 S/N will have .91Db of noise while the amp with 90 s/n will have 1.11db.&nbsp; How &quot;huge&quot; of a difference is that?Most everyone here understands that you generally get what you pay for - but with amps - you&#039;re NOT paying for SQ.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="n2audio, post: 320814, member: 540940"] Disregarding Pyramid and the like - there isn't an amp on the market (other than class D) that has a higher THD than, what? 0.1% at rated power - which is at least 10x, some say as high as 30x less than audible distortion. THD isn't worth concerning yourself with. That's just not true. Engineers in the field routinely claim that S/N is only a factor if it's below 40 or 50 - which we all know every amp is well above. It's all relative. Think of it this way, using your example of an amp with a 90 S/n vs. a 110S/n - both amps producing 100dB of music. The amp with 110 S/N will have .91Db of noise while the amp with 90 s/n will have 1.11db. How "huge" of a difference is that? Most everyone here understands that you generally get what you pay for - but with amps - you're NOT paying for SQ. [/QUOTE]

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