Hmm, tons of statements of various sort and kind across the fora and no proof requested. What makes mine so special?deltafred wrote:If you are going to make statements like that you need to back them up with references to relevant data to support your argument.sanfi4u wrote:Because real life components are not ideal. They have their imperfections (non-linearity, noise, losses) that affect the sound quality. Going smaller usually makes the situation even worse. In particular in electrolytics department. Nothing new actually.
Having your own opinion is fine but that doesn't make it an undisputable fact.
OK, let's have a closer look at what has been stated. Actually most of the statement is straight forward. Here's a little drill down:
- all real components (including passive ones) are not perfect and have noise, losses, non-linearity. Just look into the specs. It's all there. THD is missed in some specs. But you'll find many test results across the Net. See tantal caps and electrolytics in particular.
- Situation got worse with smaller parts? It's in the specs as well. Take any electrolytic cap spec. Mind caps got bigger when max voltage grows. See what happens there.
- Imperfections affect the sound? Is there any other option if device is made from these parts? Noise floor gets higher, THD grows. No other way.
- Are these changes in the sound substantial enough to be heard? Or in other words is human hearing sensitive enough to really care about these changes? Or do these changes make any sense in the real life situations?
Well, the last bullet is a hard one. There's no just one right answer 'cause perception of the sound is very subjective. I'm not in a position to start one more endless discussion on the topic. You'll find many of them across the net. Let's assume we are all different, we have different critical listening experience and use different rig. If a person don't hear the changes it's the same as if they do not exist at all. It's a very beneficial situation. He can pick up any pedal he likes regardless of the technology that's been used. Good for him.
If a person can hear the difference huge pedal market lets him to find the pedal and technology he likes (mind Dover Drive Old School edition). Seems like we have a win-win situation these days, aren't we?
P.S. Just ended up one more Dover Drive Standard vs Old School test. Old School edition sounds really nice. Definitely the keeper!