Robin Bowes;434077 Wrote: > Phil Leigh wrote: > > JezA;433956 Wrote: > >> All amplifiers clip, some less offensively than others. . > > > > No they don't!. > > I've had many, many amps on a scope into an oil-cased dummy load > > producing a clean 1kHz sine wave at full rated power - and often > beyond. > > Phil, > > It's not the 1kHz sine waves that cause the problems, it's the > percussive sounds, high-energy impulses. These contain far more energy > > than can be reproduced by most amplifier/speaker combinations. > > R. Yes I get that - hence my earlier comments about Telarc cannons, dynamic headroom and 200w being preferable to 20w in all cases...
I think that I was too focussed on the idea of "clipping" as in bad distortion, rather than than compression of transients and inability to reproduce realistic dynamics... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... SB3 (wired) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Outdoors: Boom ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=64680 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
