Quote Originally Posted by Feanor View Post
RGA had no intention of offending JM personally. It's just that he has very strong opinions about Krell equipment and similar s/s designs.

RGA is an adherent of the theory that anything with feedback is causes bad sound due to high-order harmonic distortion. Unfortunately if you want to avoid feedback altogether you are constrained to Single Ended Triode (SET) designs and the extremely low power they produce. For an interesting discussion initiated by well-known audiophile pundit, see HERE.
For what it's worth, RGA has given some praise to Simaudio and Creek, to name two s/s designs.

Quote Originally Posted by JohnMichael View Post
I think it is considered poor form by some members. If your favorite car is an AMC Pacer and you total it do you want someone to empathize with you or tell you it was crap. I know his likes and dislikes and I am just glad it did not turn into yet another Audio Note commercial.
There cannot be too many Pacers around, so if you total one that you love I think that's a different story. The Krell amp isn't totaled, and even if it was it is likely not overly difficult to replace it with the exact same model.

FWIW, RGA does have strong views that most people probably don't agree with. I'm thankful he has shared them though, as it has led me to look at other design philosophies than I would have otherwise. Same can be said for Poultry...still not sure I agree with using super cheap amps like the Miniwatt (though I've never heard one so my opinion probably means nothing), but his open baffle and high efficiency diy posts have opened my eyes to those designs.