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Perhaps this is an environmentsl concern, but I am curious as to how needlessly it may coorespondingly do a dip into my wallet.100 watts into 8 ohms
200 watts into 4 ohms
400 watts into 2 ohmsAbove a stereotypical picture portrayed by certain amplifer manufacturers and consumers. Is there anyone out there who would say that for amplifiers in general? Now try 100 wpc into 8, 160 wpc into 4. What if there's just plenty of output transistors and a whole bunch of storage at the output stage, or whatever, can we hug a tree and put a few more dollars in our pockets? Is this a definitive loss in sonic reproduction quality?
So, what if an amp is designed such that the power supply has only so much capability, and for an 8 ohm load it's 100 watts, and for a 4 ohm load, it's 160 watts (same THD), and meanwhile I ordered a 100 watt amp. How many manufacturers will not post 2 ohm ratings, not because of instability, but for facing off against a stereotyped review?
If I had the predecessor of my current speaker, it would present a 1.6 ohm load under 300 Hz. Does that mean I need 500 watts just to drive it? Too low of an impendance, wouldn't that more likely fry a voice coil than achieve the desired result?
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Topic - Save the whales? - MarkgM 11:39:59 11/07/03 (31)
- Pay close attention - Norm Strong 21:11:45 11/07/03 (1)
- Thanks, Norm - MarkgM 23:36:44 11/07/03 (0)
- I think the question should be more like - Penguin 18:18:51 11/07/03 (1)
- Yea it's kind of a neat spec. - Don T 09:35:06 11/08/03 (0)
- Re: Save the whales? - Ron-C 18:05:04 11/07/03 (1)
- It's all marketing schemes. - FCH 08:56:50 11/08/03 (0)
- Harpoon those whales! - Rod M 16:08:22 11/07/03 (11)
- I'm skeptical about doubling = more amperage - MarkgM 16:23:03 11/07/03 (10)
- LOL !!! - E-Stat 17:38:06 11/07/03 (5)
- That's what they published - MarkgM 19:46:57 11/07/03 (4)
- That's "peak" or instantaneous current - E-Stat 06:55:28 11/08/03 (3)
- I just noticed your earlier post re: Denon integrated - E-Stat 07:32:01 11/08/03 (2)
- Dude, I think we crossed the streams - MarkgM 10:34:10 11/08/03 (1)
- Re: Dude, I think we crossed the streams - Tom Dawson 22:25:40 11/09/03 (0)
- Re: I'm skeptical about doubling = more amperage - Rod M 16:51:45 11/07/03 (3)
- Re: I'm skeptical about doubling = more amperage - MarkgM 17:12:14 11/07/03 (2)
- Need the control - SSSound 18:11:11 11/07/03 (1)
- Re: Need the control - MarkgM 19:30:46 11/07/03 (0)
- Kill a whale - save the plankton. [nt] - chris.redmond2@bushinternet.com 14:10:11 11/07/03 (0)
- Somewhere in that jumbled post is a point or a question - E-Stat 13:44:49 11/07/03 (11)
- What's with the marketing ploy? - MarkgM 14:04:20 11/07/03 (10)
- Re: ..." people don't own speakers of lower impedances that could even handle that kind of wattage..." - Neil49 15:34:36 11/07/03 (3)
- Do lower impedances need higher wattage? - MarkgM 15:58:32 11/07/03 (2)
- Re: Do lower impedances need higher wattage? - Neil49 16:14:55 11/07/03 (0)
- Re: Do lower impedances need higher wattage? - Rod M 16:11:44 11/07/03 (0)
- Answers to questions - E-Stat 14:26:52 11/07/03 (5)
- That's not "within reason" - MarkgM 14:39:24 11/07/03 (4)
- Tube amplifiers like mine - E-Stat 16:16:32 11/07/03 (0)
- Correct me if I'm wrong...... - jimrick1 15:19:47 11/07/03 (2)
- Power supply is one thing, Topology is another - morricab 16:11:29 11/07/03 (1)
- Re: Power supply is one thing, Topology is another - MarkgM 20:23:32 11/07/03 (0)