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RE: Correlation between amplifier gain, sensitivity and how it sounds?

Posted by rkeman (A) on June 11, 2016 at 18:27:54

In Reply to: Correlation between amplifier gain, sensitivity and how it sounds? posted by mitch2 on June 11, 2016 at 14:54:27:

Standard power amplifier gain is 26 dB. More sensitive amplifiers have appeared in the recent past to handle low gain preamplifiers and AV receiver outputs. The former usually provide little or no gain and the latter often only reach a maximum output of only about 1.5 V. The most significant downside of high gain power amplifiers is compromised noise performance. With high sensitivity loudspeakers (> 93 dB/w/m or so) gain related noise can become a significant factor.

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