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Solo Diamond Ultra Linear - Oh My God!
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As the GSP gear burns in, there's more and more of the music to enjoy.
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Originally posted by Graham Slee Graham Slee wrote:


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Originally posted by Chris Firth Chris Firth wrote:

Originally posted by CageyH CageyH wrote:

Call me sceptical, but as the + and - change 50 times a second, I would be surprised if that were really the case.


No it doesn't.
The live is always live, and the neutral return is always the neutral return.
The current changes between positive and negative parts of the AC cycle 50 times a second.



I have to disagree with you. In AC, the polarity changes 50 times a second.
Live remains live, and neutral remains neutral as you have stated, but the supply follows a sine wave form.
http://www.ukradioamateur.co.uk/foundation/html/f3-1-4.htm


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Originally posted by LOINER LOINER wrote:

Graham nobody is doubting your ability as a designer and yes your equipment does have the WOW factor that's why we are all customers and we have all experienced that WOW factor.What we were discussing was something that even you have admitted is something beyond your control,namely the polarity of the transformer windings and if by turning the plug through 180 degrees gives us a WOW WOW Factor then......


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Graham nobody is doubting your ability as a designer and yes your equipment does have the WOW factor that's why we are all customers and we have all experienced that WOW factor.What we were discussing was something that even you have admitted is something beyond your control,namely the polarity of the transformer windings and if by turning the plug through 180 degrees gives us a WOW WOW Factor then......
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The Solo ULDE differs from other amps because of its stability. Many an amplifier designer will push the phase margins to obtain a "wow factor" that is no part of the music - it envelopes it with a false halo (technically referred to as ringing). The Solo ULDE is so stable that little if any halo can exist, so the wow-factor is the music, period.

That is the difference I have been labouring over all these years - to bring out the full performance extremes of the music, whilst adding as little as possible of the artifacts of the electronics doing the job.

OK, some prefer electronic sounds and the market is full of equipment that will do that, often at very high prices to be considered high-end.

To those people my sympathies ... but there is an alternative.
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Since hearing, like all our senses, has to be interpreted by the brain and thus subject to myriad psychological influences it's a miracle we all hear in such a similar way at all. When you factor in expectations, prejudices, tiredness, moods etc it's no wonder people "genuinely" hear different things. And the lack of evidence for something just means we have to look harder . . . 
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