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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 145725" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>Re: Damping Factor - Actual listening tests?</p><p></p><p>Once you factor in ALL of the losses (connectors on the amp-the speaker-the speaker cable-the cable itself etc, the damping factor starts to become almost a non issue. The cable size/length alone often greatly outweighs any advantage the amp would offer.</p><p></p><p>I have done side by side testing of amps with high damping factor and those with much lower damping factor. Some of the lower DF had the "tighter" sound.</p><p></p><p>In my opinion (others are free to correct or disagree), this comes from the early days/decades of solid state amps.</p><p></p><p>The amps that had the tightest sound also had the highest damping factor-and were the most expensive. So the two got associated with each other.</p><p></p><p>Times have changed however.</p><p></p><p>The idea is valid, but (again in my opinion), there are much more important things to worry about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 145725, member: 30"] Re: Damping Factor - Actual listening tests? Once you factor in ALL of the losses (connectors on the amp-the speaker-the speaker cable-the cable itself etc, the damping factor starts to become almost a non issue. The cable size/length alone often greatly outweighs any advantage the amp would offer. I have done side by side testing of amps with high damping factor and those with much lower damping factor. Some of the lower DF had the "tighter" sound. In my opinion (others are free to correct or disagree), this comes from the early days/decades of solid state amps. The amps that had the tightest sound also had the highest damping factor-and were the most expensive. So the two got associated with each other. Times have changed however. The idea is valid, but (again in my opinion), there are much more important things to worry about. [/QUOTE]
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