Even then, the overall THD is pretty high from an amp. Doesn't really matter as long as it sounds good haha. My onkyo tx-8255 stereo receiver has .08% THD and its headphone out sounds pretty good with the hd800s
Dude.. THD is low for a tube solution under $500 and even then THD can be balanced with circuitry. Bringing your SS stereo receiver into this is really confusing... yes sounding good is important. Sounding "correct" is more important. If you want to know I care about clarity and separation of instruments. An instrument which was there in the recording and does not cut the mix the way it was intended is an upsetting occurrence whenever I listen to a bad system.
I am thinking of a few particular songs which require a lot of color from the system to sound decent... the biggest issue with that is the songs to which I am referring are that they were poorly recorded. That is
not correct. The Vali is a low distortion, very neutral sounding, tube pre into a SS power amplifier. Whatever,
The Vali is also said to have the Eddie Current house sound, and is tubes done right. Solid State without the solid state glare. Supposedly.
^ this **** actually means. I don't care if it is praise. This is the most pretentious phrase and one of the reasons I have stayed away from posting in these places for so long. >.< arg you have no idea how frustrating it must be for someone who doesn't know about/can't afford to listen to an Eddie Current setup to read this. They have to take that comparison as something of substance. It means ****squat. Less than zilch. Solid state without the glare? Can you describe this in terms which mean a -- fuuuUUUUUUuuuUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
* Binge takes a deep breath.
Bro, what does it matter that you figure your neat receiver has less than 1% of 1% thd and vali with less than 1% thd can sound "good" when you explain it to others in those terms? What good does it do to mask your knowledge and experience behind a veil of jargon?