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Understanding Power from amps
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<blockquote data-quote="croak" data-source="post: 909047" data-attributes="member: 361"><p>All watts are the same when measured. It?s how the amplifier plays under dynamic conditions that makes some topologies sound different. Valve amplifiers distort differently to solid state. This gives the impression that valve watts are more powerful yet the amplifier when pushed just distorts in a more benign way giving the impression it?s not actually run out of clean</p><p>Power when it actually has and starts to compress peaks with its soft clipping. Compression sounds louder which adds to the power illusion imo.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="croak, post: 909047, member: 361"] All watts are the same when measured. It?s how the amplifier plays under dynamic conditions that makes some topologies sound different. Valve amplifiers distort differently to solid state. This gives the impression that valve watts are more powerful yet the amplifier when pushed just distorts in a more benign way giving the impression it?s not actually run out of clean Power when it actually has and starts to compress peaks with its soft clipping. Compression sounds louder which adds to the power illusion imo. [/QUOTE]
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