Kamis, 09 Januari 2014

Evaluating Different Class T Amps By Their Power Level

By Sherry Lambert


Picking the ideal type is difficult whilst faced with a large number of different technical jargon in addition to specifications, for example "T-amp", "channel separation", "efficiency" etc. You might not even fully understand the most simple of these terms, for example "amplifier wattage". I will provide a short analysis of the output wattage spec to help you better know the meaning of this specification and how it relates to the functioning of an power amplifier.

If you are considering to buy an audio amplifier in order to install your home speakers, you will often be faced with a number of weird technical jargon describing its performance. But how do these numbers relate to how the amp sounds and how are these to be interpreted? Let me now go ahead and describe the power specification of stereo amps. "Wattage" is every now and then also known as "Power" or "amplifier output power". To put it in a nutshell, "wattage" shows how high the amp can drive your speakers. The higher this figure the louder your loudspeakers. If you have a small room then you don't require much more than a couple of watts. If you want to install loudspeakers outdoors or in a live show then you will require several hundred watts of power. Please note that many amplifiers will start distorting the audio once the audio reaches bigger wattage. If you want to enjoy low-distortion music then you may want to select an amplifier which will give you higher wattage than you are going to actually require.

"Power" shows how loud your amplifier may drive your speakers. If you own a small space then you don't need much more than a few watts. If you want to install speakers outside or in a live show then you will require several hundred watts of power. Most amplifiers will show growing audio distortion as output power increases. As a result, you wish to pick an amplifier which has bigger output power than you will in fact need. This is going to assure that you will never drive the amplifier into areas of big distortion.

Music and voice is not constant by way of volume. As such the peak power rating is still important, though not as important as the rms power spec. Ideally the audio amplifier is going to display both the rms and peak power rating. Having a high peak power spec will make sure sufficient headroom for music peaks that are common in music signals. Having enough headroom is necessary since audio signals differ a lot from sine wave signals which are used to measure rms power. Brief peaks of high power are often found in audio signals. These peaks are going to drive the amplifier into large distortion unless the peak power is high enough.

Usually the impedance of the speakers that you connect to the amplifier is going to determine how much power the amplifier can offer. Speaker impedance is measured in Ohms. Typically speakers have an impedance between 4 and 8 Ohms. Because of the limited amplifier supply voltage, the maximum output wattage will be half if you connect an 8-Ohm speaker of the peak power which the amp can deliver to a 4-Ohm speaker. If the highest output power is not referenced to a speaker impedance, you ought to get in touch with the manufacturer. Usually a 4-Ohm loudspeaker is utilized as a reference.




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