SINAD - Signal-to-noise and distortion ratio is a decimal equivalent to THD+N for specifying amplifier noise and distortion. You typically see power sweeps vs distortion graphs in terms of percent distortion but websites like @AudioScienceReview have popularized SINAD as a way of comparing amplifier distortion among the products they test. In this video, I discuss why this could lead to false conclusions on the quality of an amplifier if this metric alone is considered the most important. I show examples of how various amplifiers perform in power vs distortion testing and give anecdotal observations for equating the audibility of distortion.
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