As Zd says, and I just confirmed, it's a tube amp. This is how tubes amps typically spec. Nothing to get worried about. And by the way, only a very few solid state designs with massive power supplies are able to double power into halved impedances. This is NOT the norm.
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You might want to read more about this: http://www.atma-sphere.com/Resources/Paradigms_in_Amplifier_Design.php An amplifier does not have to double power to sound musical and to also have a lot of authority. |
Yes, I knew it was a tube amp but did not know that was characteristic of all tube amps. I just finished reading a thread with posts by Atmasphere and Almarg and others about amp design and was reading a review about the Copeland amp. The statement about it putting out the same power confused me with all the other info I had just tried to absorb. A lot of what they wrote about was way over my head but rather than just plead ignorance and let it go at that, I have decided to try to educate myself about amps, and specifically, matching amps to speakers. I think part of the reason I don't like my system as much as I think I should be able to given the components, is that there may be a amp / speaker mismatch although I am experimenting with room placement and will be bringing in a different source soon enough. Ralph, that link keeps appearing in other threads so I guess it is about time I dove in...Thanks. |
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