Herman: thanks for the response. then, is it fair to ask when looking at an amp what the max current is and view it as a minimum threshold. for instance, in the example above, if the amp can produce 12.24 amps at 600 watts (and also assume a really high quality amp that doubled again to 2 ohms)and 24.48 amps at 2 ohms that is fine. Is there value to "headroom" on the amount of current needed?
current versus watts
Seems like all high quality amps clearly describe output in watts , with the best amps doubling output as impedance is is halved. But, I do not see(often) specs on current ? why is this ? Is high current as important to quality dynamic sound as high watts. If so, what are the general ranges of current output that would be acceptable for a high quality amp. For example, if you have a 300 watt/channel amp that doubles from 8 to 4 ohm, what would be strong current output ?
Apologize for the simple question and feel free to direct me to earlier post that might deal with this issue
Apologize for the simple question and feel free to direct me to earlier post that might deal with this issue