American Hi-Fi: Inferior?

[Richard Dale]

29 minutes ago, semente said:

 

The man is not interested in high-fidelity, he's just having fun designing simple circuits that sound pleasant to him around different transistors.

 

WTF!! Saying that Nelson Pass isn't interested in high-fidelity, is a bit like saying Bob Dylan isn't interested in song writing or similar.

[Richard Dale]

3 hours ago, semente said:

He says so himself, in the interview quoted above...

I've read the full interview and it is certainly worth a read. Here is a link, and I couldn't see one earlier in this thread:

 

http://www.audioxpress.com/article/Interview-with-Nelson-Pass

 

But at no point can I find him saying something like 'he is not interested in high fidelity'. When he says 'Whatever the deal is, ultra low distortion doesn’t seem to have much to do with it.', I take 'Whatever the deal is..' to mean 'Whatever high fidelity is as perceived by the human brain..'. 

[Richard Dale]

23 minutes ago, semente said:

 

High-fidelity is the accurate reproduction of the recorded signal. If you add perception and taste you are no longer talking about high-fidelity.

I don't know what to call it though: "tailored-sound", "post-production"?

If you asked Nelson Pass the question 'Do you consider the high power commercial amplifiers sold by Pass Labs, to be"'High Fidelity' designs?'"I'm sure he would answer yes. The First Watt designs are more experimental and lower power, but I would be very surprised if he didn't describe them as High Fidelity too.

 

Quite possibly your idea of what is meant by 'High Fidelity' differs from Nelson Pass's definition, but that doesn't mean that you can just say that he is not interested in High Fidelity.