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In Reply to: 16 ohms is the key to getting all amps to sound smoother and more detailed posted by Ralph on August 3, 2016 at 09:20:21:
distortion is always lower into higher impedances.
That doesn't seem to be the case with my VTL amps according to this Stereophile test.
It's true at low power levels, but not at higher ones where the distortion differences are wider and a 4 ohm load seems to work best.
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- Well... - E-Stat 09:59:41 08/04/16 (9)
- RE: Well... - Ralph 10:38:52 08/04/16 (8)
- RE: Well... - E-Stat 10:42:42 08/04/16 (7)
- RE: Well... - Ralph 10:56:05 08/04/16 (6)
- RE: Well... - E-Stat 12:33:44 08/04/16 (5)
- Sounds like ESLs to me - Ralph 13:18:37 08/04/16 (4)
- Why yes! - E-Stat 14:14:00 08/04/16 (3)
- well that makes sense- duh - Ralph 08:25:29 08/05/16 (2)
- RE: well that makes sense- duh - E-Stat 10:11:50 08/05/16 (1)
- Thanks! nt - Ralph 10:26:14 08/05/16 (0)