Describe ube sound vs solid state

What are the charesterics in comparing each of these?

nyaudio9801-22-2015 1:43am

atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11,807 posts 03-23-2015 at 03:50pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Unsound, just because an amplifier cannot double its power as impedance is cut in half is not the same thing as saying that the amp cannot do flat bandwidth on a given loudspeaker. There is more to it than that!
unsound Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 7,329 posts 03-23-2015 at 11:05pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ^I did say "... through typical speakers.".
atmasphere Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 11,807 posts 03-25-2015 at 08:51pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete ^ I got that and meant the same thing. "Typical speakers". Just because an amplifier does not double power into half the impedance does not mean it cannot drive such a speaker perfectly well, without frequency response variation. Doubling power is not a requirement for that.
rleff Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,065 posts 03-26-2015 at 01:04pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Ralph when you do see a spec on an amplifier that does double power as resistance gets lower is that a sign of a better design?
czarivey Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,946 posts 03-26-2015 at 01:19pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Rleff, It's not sign of better design. It's sign of deep global nfb.