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For more information... This link should take you to the white paper on distortion and timing issues... http://h-cat.com/whitepaper.html Roger |
The comments posted by our tech members make a lot of sense. Another reason to favor more rather than less power is explained in the following article: http://www.stereophile.com/reference/707heavy#QkkXpriWl5kEQaa2.97 The article speaks of an amp's "safe operating area (SOA)," which is really relevant when one considers that some speakers can present really tough loads. Or using the lingo of the article, if a speakers presents very low impedance and a highly negative phase angles, especially in the low frequency/power range spectrum, the amp could be pushed beyond its SOA, and thereby produce distortion. Just an aside, my amp is rated at 150+ WPC, and has a very robust power supply of 1040 joules. So if the amp is asked to drive a low frequency transient, it will have the power to muscle its way through the passage ... most of the time, ... my poor ears permitting. I am not suggesting that unless one picks up a monster Bryston or Krell amp, he's doing injustice to his rig. Instead, all I'm saying is that one should be cognizant of the electrical properties of his speakers and choose an amp that can drive the speakers at comfortable/enjoyable SPLs in the amp's SOA. |
Believe it or not - there is far more problems in the electronics than in the transducers. (mic or speaker) The inability to locate a sound object when played through a "system" is 90% the fault of the amplifying equipment. Localizing cues naturally embedded in the source material are skewed during the amplifying process. This makes it impossible to reproduce the venue with enough accuracy to be accepted as live. Roger |
