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In Reply to: RE: I was thinking about buying this one... posted by peppy m. on December 03, 2024 at 14:02:48
510 watts @ 2 ohm
450 watts @ 4 ohm
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This amp doubles power at 4 ohms, good enough for most speakers I know of...How many speakers need double the power (once again) at 2 ohms ?
Speakers that require doubling of power at 2 ohms might also require a lot more power at 8 ohms than this amp is able to deliver.
So, 2 ohm power is a useless feature for me. I'm not running Apogee Scintillas...
Edits: 12/03/24 12/03/24
FWIW, the doubling of power has to be taken with a grain of salt.
Too many times it is all specsmenships and playing games with measurements.
I have an amp that is advertised at 350/700/1400. When third party tested, it delivered way more than 350 into 8 ohms so the OEM fudged on the conservative side to feed into the perfect doubling numbers.
That being said, I always want an amp that is at least stable @ 2Ohms because of the drivers I run with them.
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Why not? Do amps HAVE TO double power when impedance is halved even if the speaker is an easy benign load?
510 watts @ 2 ohm
450 watts @ 4 ohm
is a helluva lot more power than I would ever need for my Tannoys.
Why do I bother a class D amp to torture my ears? I have plenty nice class A/ class AB amps can comfortably offer 200W @ 8 ohms.
"Why do I bother a class D amp to torture my ears? I have plenty nice class A/ class AB amps can comfortably offer 200W @ 8 ohms. "
Spoken like a truly uninformed and highly biased (pun intended!) old geezer ;-)
1. reasonable good SQ.
2. good value.
3. can drive difficult speakers.
Crown XLS 2502 meets my requirements so I bought two of them. I am listening to them right now with my big speakers.
Enjoy your music.
1. Excellent SQ
2. Good value
3. Can drive my Tannoys and as a bonus my ThielsI've had a number of Class D amps over the decades beginning with the PS Audio HCA-2 back around 2002. Since then I've had others that were duds but many have improved significantly in recent years. I've had many traditional solid-state Class AB and even a couple Class A amps for comparison along with a few tube amps along the way. Like other modern amps some Class D are excellent, others not so much. But in general as a group they are much improved from even a short decade ago.
Edits: 12/05/24
I will leave class D to do the dirty job driving difficulty speakers. I will use class A/ 300B/ 845 to drive my high efficient JBL horns and even Tannoys.
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