@atmasphere , is it watts that drive the speaker? (I know that if I put the + & - lead of my vm on the corresponding speaker posts. I get an AC volt reading which varies depending upon volume level.) But if it is watts that drive the speaker, and every watt is equal to every other watt, what is it that makes speakers sound different with different amps?
Watts! How many do we need?
Got a new amp. Accuphase P-4600. It’s great. I love it.
150 watts into 8 ohms, 300 watts into 4 ohms and it has meters so I can see wattage. Have them set on freeze so I can see the highest wattage during the session.
My Harbeth speakers are not very efficient. Around 86db. Their impedance is an even 6 ohms dipping no lower than 5.8 ohms.
Playing HiRes dynamic classical recordings ( Tchaikovsky , Mahler) at room filling volumes I have yet to exceed 1watt..
Amps today offer a lot of watts some going to 600 even 1200 watts. Even if you have inefficient speakers with an impedance that dips down to 2 ohms do we need all this wattage or should we be focusing on current instead?
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As I think I remember @ghdprentice typing, I have also read that maybe not all watts are created equal. |
@bigtwin , is an unltralinear watt identical to a triode watt? That's a serious question, I am not intending to be sarcastic. |
@bigtwin , I am honestly not familiar with Sanders or the paper you referenced, but is it accessible on this site? What would I need to use (besides "Sanders") as a search engine to find it? |