The first watts


Okay, let's see if I can ask this question correctly. If you have an class A/B amp and the first 10 Watts is class A and after that it's all class B what happens if you have an inefficient speaker, do the first 10 W get used up real quick so that you're almost never hearing class A amplification, or does it work differently than that?
last_lemming
Note...I wouldn't be too concerned about this...a friend has a switchable A to A/B amp and the differences were nominal...although "golden ear" types will push pure class A...the irony...the majority of normal listening requires very little power...and operates in class A anyways...
^^ For the most part, I would not either, whether the amp is tube or solid state. Due to the rather low efficiency of the speakers, power is likely going to be more important than what class of operation is employed.