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Thoughts about amplifiers at 3/4 volume.
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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 27420" data-attributes="member: 126"><p>Re: Thoughts about amplifiers at 3/4 volume.</p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p>This one is a little convoluted. If you pad down the input to the amplifier "enough", the previous stage will clip or run out of drive capability before driving the amplifier to full power. Crude but arguably a limit to max power output. The power limit is not very precise as operators can still drive this earlier stage past clipping and increasing the average power, just like clipping an amp (that doesn't have an active clip limiter). </p><p></p><p>Since this could require 15-20 dB of pad, a popular myth is that turning down the amp less than that will have any affect on max power. </p><p></p><p>JR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 27420, member: 126"] Re: Thoughts about amplifiers at 3/4 volume. This one is a little convoluted. If you pad down the input to the amplifier "enough", the previous stage will clip or run out of drive capability before driving the amplifier to full power. Crude but arguably a limit to max power output. The power limit is not very precise as operators can still drive this earlier stage past clipping and increasing the average power, just like clipping an amp (that doesn't have an active clip limiter). Since this could require 15-20 dB of pad, a popular myth is that turning down the amp less than that will have any affect on max power. JR [/QUOTE]
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