Comments on: The ONLY Transparency Test That Matters http://guitargear.org/2009/08/05/the-only-transparency-test-that-matters/ Real. Guitar. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:20:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Richard http://guitargear.org/2009/08/05/the-only-transparency-test-that-matters/#comment-3547 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:18:25 +0000 http://guitargear.org/?p=1755#comment-3547 It’s pretty ironic: the first thing you tell us is that the only way you can truly tell if a device is “transparent” is by listening, but then you tell us that the UA can’t be transparent because it loads your amp with a non-reactive, 30 ohm, fixed resistor, which you then go on to explain in detail, without once making reference to the sound you hear.

Now, it may be that you can hear the difference, in which case, by your definition, it’s still not transparent. But the reason you’ve *given* is exactly the kind of mathematical analysis you warned about at the start of the article.

I do understand and agree with the point in your last paragraph though.

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