Best measurment for Amp driving force W or uF



what is the best measurment for the driving power of an ampilfier. Should it be measured by output power in Watts in RMS or should it be total capacitance in uF. Some amp may have high output power in Watts but low uF while some have low output Watts but high uF.
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Don't know what you mean by "best"... power output is what drives a speaker and is a function of the output RMS current and speaker impedance. Power supply filter caps are sized to keep enough reserve for low impedance, high power draw (transients) moments that the power line cannot deliver quicky enough and to limit the ripple current within a specified value (5% or so).

Filter caps are generally sized for 1,000 uF per RMS ampere from the transformer secondary and some design for 1,000 uF per peak-to-peak current. Any more usually does nothing except add cost, any less can limit amp performance.

But there are other parameters involved, eg, how they are wired: two 14,000 uF connected in parallel will usually outperform a single 32,000 uF in filtering and energy delivery by halving the ps output impedance.

It's best to listen, really.