The UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH about amplifiers

This episode brought to you by AudioQuest 👉 https://bit.ly/4fIkmaU 🎥 Camera: John Darko / Olaf von Voss 🎬 Editor: John Darko 🌈 Colour: Olaf von Voss 🕺🏻 Motion GFX: John Darko 💰 Ad segment: Jana Dagdagan 🎵 Song IDs? Playlists of all music heard in this video - and other videos - can be found on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/johndarko 0:00 Intro 0:56 The fragility of long-term audio memory 4:14 Each amplifier vs. the previous one 8:16 Same room, same time, same loudspeakers 10:23 Scoring each amplifier 12:30 What did I learn? 👉 As seen in this video Amorphous Androgynous - Alice in Ultraland 🛒 https://amzn.to/4kUwOYx WiiiM Ultra 🛒 https://amzn.to/3GfdsxO Marantz Stereo 70s 🛒 https://howl.me/clp8vE7SxbS Marantz Model M1 🛒 https://www.audioadvice.com/marantz-model-m1-wireless-streaming-amp-2-1?referral=darko Musical Fidelity A1 📖 https://www.musicalfidelity.com/products/a1/a1-2 Quad 33 📖 https://quad-hifi.co.uk/products/quad-33 Quad 303 📖 https://quad-hifi.co.uk/products/quad-303 Luxman L-505Z 📖 https://www.luxman.com/product/detail.php?id=49 Marantz Model 10 🛒 https://howl.link/eprksms2w6ps1 Technics SU-R1000 🛒 https://howl.link/34o0856ejuo47 Audiolab 9000A 🛒 https://howl.link/cmVYvK6Kcn6 Cables and power products by AudioQuest 🛒 https://audioadvice.io/Audioquest Hi-fi furniture and speaker stands by Solid Steel 🛒 https://howl.me/ckbW9947Hdi Room treatment by Vicoustic 📖 https://audioadvice.io/Vicoustic Darko.Audio may earn a small commission from items purchased via affiliate links, as indicated by a '🛒'. Darko.Audio is an Amazon Associates Program member, an Audio Advice Program member and a Howl Program member. __________________________________________________________________ 📖 PLEASE READ *before commenting*! 1) Polite comments that advance the conversation are most welcome 2) No URLs, racist/sexist remarks or conspiracy theories 3) All comments here are moderated by a third party __________________________________________________________________ ⏰ How our YouTube videos get made: https://darko.audio/2021/10/how-our-youtube-videos-get-made/ Darko.Audio FAQ: https://darko.audio/faq/ Why are/were comments turned OFF? https://darko.audio/2020/10/why-im-switching-off-youtube-comments/ What the bloody hell am I talking about? https://youtu.be/MBzHB9877fg How is Darko.Audio funded? https://darko.audio/funding/ __________________________________________________________________ 🎧 Check out the Darko.Audio podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/darko-audio/id1368388920 https://open.spotify.com/show/1mnKixperZd4zmJWCvEbNl https://soundcloud.com/johnhdarko __________________________________________________________________ Web: https://Darko.Audio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darkoaudio/