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Does damping factor have any noticeable effect?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 31528" data-attributes="member: 30"><p>Re: Doe damping factor have any noticeable effect?</p><p></p><p>As others have said-the wire will have the greatest effect on the overall "sound" of damping.</p><p></p><p>Historically-amps with higher damping factor have had "tighter" bass. This is generally attributed to a better designed amp (stiffer power supply-lower output impedance/damping factor and so forth)</p><p></p><p>Of course people just want a "simple" answer-so the amps with the best sound had higher damping factors-so it was "obvious" that the damping factor was sole factor.</p><p></p><p>However that is not the case any more. I have played around with some cheaper amps that have high damping factors-and they are not as "tight" as amps with much lower damping factors..</p><p></p><p>You have to look at the WHOLE chain-to figure out the damping of the SYSTEM. That includes the amp-the loudspeaker (impedance)-the wire-the connectors and so forth-anything with weries resistance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 31528, member: 30"] Re: Doe damping factor have any noticeable effect? As others have said-the wire will have the greatest effect on the overall "sound" of damping. Historically-amps with higher damping factor have had "tighter" bass. This is generally attributed to a better designed amp (stiffer power supply-lower output impedance/damping factor and so forth) Of course people just want a "simple" answer-so the amps with the best sound had higher damping factors-so it was "obvious" that the damping factor was sole factor. However that is not the case any more. I have played around with some cheaper amps that have high damping factors-and they are not as "tight" as amps with much lower damping factors.. You have to look at the WHOLE chain-to figure out the damping of the SYSTEM. That includes the amp-the loudspeaker (impedance)-the wire-the connectors and so forth-anything with weries resistance. [/QUOTE]
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