Importance of Damping Factor and Current for amps


I have read that amplifiers with high damping factor and high current delivery can provide deeper and more controlled bass, and also handle difficult speaker impedance loads. Is this true for both solid state and tube amps, whether separates or integrated???
sunnyjim

Showing 1 response by simontju

High dumping factor, IMO, is useless as I never know will it help or not.

There are some amplifiers with 5000 - 6000 dumping factors which cannot handle difficult load.

On the contrary, high current delivery , is always, always useful and its difficult for me to imagine situation where high current delivery can hurt...

Also, when I say "high current delivery" I mean not over period of a few milliseconds as its only marketing.

Finally, high wattage does not mean that this amp is with high current delivery. Good example is bridged solid state amp e. g. Spectron stereo versus monoblock amp.