Stan Considers Microphony And Electronic Component Quality

We largely take it for granted that each generation of amplifiers will be audibly superior to those that came before even when occasionally they aren’t. From my viewpoint as an erstwhile designer I do sometimes find myself doubting some of the claims when I can’t find the evidence to substantiate a claimed improvement whilst applauding the efforts of designers who have spotted and solved a problem we old codgers missed or chose to ignore. Over the past few years I have given a lot of thought to the question ‘is the design of today’s amplifiers better than that of yesteryear?’
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