Although I retain a firm hold on the established audio world, and recognize and value all that it has achieved, I feel inexorably driven to make some space in my life for single-ended amplifiers&mdash;more especially, those that eschew negative feedback (footnote 1). A classic if costly example of the art is the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/740">Cary CAD-805C</A>, which, to my ears, has earned the right to teach audiophiles what negative feedback really sounds like, and what damage it can do to the musical message when poorly handled. This shouldn't be taken as an out-of-hand dismissal of those many great pieces of electronics and amplification that use negative feedback&mdash;it is simply an acknowledgment, or even an assertion that negative feedback generates a sound of its own.

Although I retain a firm hold on the established audio world, and recognize and value all that it has achieved, I feel inexorably driven to make some space in my life for single-ended amplifiers&mdash;more especially, those that eschew negative feedback (footnote 1). A classic if costly example of the art is the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/740">Cary CAD-805C</A>, which, to my ears, has earned the right to teach audiophiles what negative feedback really sounds like, and what damage it can do to the musical message when poorly handled. This shouldn't be taken as an out-of-hand dismissal of those many great pieces of electronics and amplification that use negative feedback&mdash;it is simply an acknowledgment, or even an assertion that negative feedback generates a sound of its own.

Although I retain a firm hold on the established audio world, and recognize and value all that it has achieved, I feel inexorably driven to make some space in my life for single-ended amplifiers&mdash;more especially, those that eschew negative feedback (footnote 1). A classic if costly example of the art is the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/740">Cary CAD-805C</A>, which, to my ears, has earned the right to teach audiophiles what negative feedback really sounds like, and what damage it can do to the musical message when poorly handled. This shouldn't be taken as an out-of-hand dismissal of those many great pieces of electronics and amplification that use negative feedback&mdash;it is simply an acknowledgment, or even an assertion that negative feedback generates a sound of its own.

Although I retain a firm hold on the established audio world, and recognize and value all that it has achieved, I feel inexorably driven to make some space in my life for single-ended amplifiers&mdash;more especially, those that eschew negative feedback (footnote 1). A classic if costly example of the art is the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/740">Cary CAD-805C</A>, which, to my ears, has earned the right to teach audiophiles what negative feedback really sounds like, and what damage it can do to the musical message when poorly handled. This shouldn't be taken as an out-of-hand dismissal of those many great pieces of electronics and amplification that use negative feedback&mdash;it is simply an acknowledgment, or even an assertion that negative feedback generates a sound of its own.

Although I retain a firm hold on the established audio world, and recognize and value all that it has achieved, I feel inexorably driven to make some space in my life for single-ended amplifiers&mdash;more especially, those that eschew negative feedback (footnote 1). A classic if costly example of the art is the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/tubepoweramps/740">Cary CAD-805C</A>, which, to my ears, has earned the right to teach audiophiles what negative feedback really sounds like, and what damage it can do to the musical message when poorly handled. This shouldn't be taken as an out-of-hand dismissal of those many great pieces of electronics and amplification that use negative feedback&mdash;it is simply an acknowledgment, or even an assertion that negative feedback generates a sound of its own.

I was attacked by Chris Johnson of Sonic Frontiers at HI-FI '96.

I was attacked by Chris Johnson of Sonic Frontiers at HI-FI '96.

I was attacked by Chris Johnson of Sonic Frontiers at HI-FI '96.

I was attacked by Chris Johnson of Sonic Frontiers at HI-FI '96.