I may have been hasty in stating that my old integrated amp was linear. It may well be a linear with a resistor but it functions much different than my new gear. It feels and sounds more linear in its function. Strangely my car stereo seems the same way as my old integrated. Some of the difference may be my old stuff is mechanical whereas this new stuff is all done electronically I presume in software. To me my Denon and Yamaha and Emotiva all seem to need to be turned way up before they really put out whereas my integrated with mechanical seems to reach full power sooner . For me it is all about perception and the end result is the same.
I see what 2.6 is saying. since we hear logarithmic and the control is logarithmic we perceive it to be linear.
