Re: audiophile capacitor replacement



Terry Given wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Terry Given wrote:
miso@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Self (Richard, I think) did a paper on the distortion effects of
passive components. It is a useful paper to read.

Douglas Self.

He also wrote a very good book - Audio Power Amplifier Design Handbook.
And he thinks audiophiles are astonishingly stupid (there is an entire
chapter on this subject).

He's over-rated IMHO.

why do you think that?

Long story. He also talks a lot but AFAIK is responsible for very few real-world
amplifiers.


he explains everything he does, using actual engineering, rather than
audio mysticism.

So can I .

Graham

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