In Reply to: RE: Penny wise posted by tube wrangler on December 14, 2014 at 22:32:34:
"I also consider any amp that clips it's output stage before driver stage clipping limits the output stage (conventional amps)-- is a serious design mistake"
Dennis, your output stage will clip long before your driver stage. Again, you're amp does not follow your own rules.
"The voltage multiplier effect of an amp partially determines HOW it responds to signal input, we're not considering power levels here"
You can't separate the two. The gain of the driver stage determines how much signal the output tube gets for a given input signal. The amount of signal the output tube gets determines how much POWER the speaker gets.
What do you even mean by "The voltage multiplier effect...determines HOW it responds to signal input"?
Well yeah, the more gain between the input jack and the grid of the output tube, the more power to the speaker for a given input level.
It's as simple as that.
"HOW it responds"
What do you mean by that?
You make it sound like it's some kind of mystery or something.
Higher gain means that the amplifier will reach higher output power with less input signal applied. Period.
Your amp will output 1 watt with .33 volts input signal.
My amp will output 2 watts with 2 volts input signal.
The full output of a CD player will clip the crap out of your amp.
The full output of a CD player will not clip my amp.
What's your point?
Tre'
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