First, I would like to point out that the subject should have been:
"revealing" and "dull" receivers
Even the terms we use colour our perceptions of what is good and what isn't.
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Also switching has to be instantaneous. You can't listen to one amp and then listen to another several minutes later. Aural memory is something in the order of several seconds at best.
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I put it too you that the goal should be to have the most pleasing sound. That is, you should be able to subjectively "like" one amp over the other, consistently in a DBT, even with a few seconds or minutes between amps. If you can't, that is to say, if you
need an aural memory to determine a difference (supposing for a moment that you can in fact do this), then I claim that the differences are inconsequential, and you should consider other factors, such as price, better impedence handling, and even wattage, feature set (for receivers), and the like.
And a room treatment will have the largest effect on "detailed" versus "dull" - way more than an amp or even the speakers (excepting a few obvious exceptions, like horns).
Thoughts?
Martin.