Determining exact power being sent to your speaker
"I happen to be in the camp that is more concerned about the sound quality of an amp rather than whether it has a zillion watts" Just curious -- are you suggesting these two factors are mutually exclusive? I happen to enjoy both aspects of my Hegel H390. My speakers have never sounded as good as they do with Hegel (250 watts @ 8 ohms/500 watts @ 4 ohms) and the amps "warm side of neutral" sonics work very well with my other components. |
@stuartk -- I have nothing against lots of power and have owned and heard lots of amps over the years, ranging from not much power to lots of watts. So, you're putting words in my mouth with the "mutually exclusive" comment. It's just in my case, my favorite amp is currently a 20 watt/channel class A Aegir, which replaced a VTV Hypex with many times the power. I prefer the Aegir's sound and never had a hint of running out of steam at my preferred listening levels. That's the nice thing about this hobby -- people can pursue what works for them. As they, YMMV for others. |
@stuartk -- seems you've also provided a good example of "prickly defensiveness".... 😉 |
