This kind wording would be a good candidate for "post of the week" 😉
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Hi Retrofier,
thank you for your amazing comment.
My main amp is Philips FA960 MK2.
But I like those small old "imperfect" amps as well.
J.
thank you for your amazing comment.
My main amp is Philips FA960 MK2.
But I like those small old "imperfect" amps as well.
J.
I would only be heating the room with something like the Philips with my 1 watt or less listening habbits, but I do get it. I once had 100 Watts/channel into big woofers rocking out. These days I have a quality over quantity philosophy and I'm even moving in that direction with guitar amps.
100W RMS continuous?
Just thinking about the temperature of a 100W filament bulb...
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Yes, of course I listen to the music at just about 0,1-0,2W.
It shows me the meter of my Accuphase.
I had to do small speakers with very big woofers, to hear the bass properly at so low volume.
Retrofier, are you a musician?
Yes, of course I listen to the music at just about 0,1-0,2W.
It shows me the meter of my Accuphase.
I had to do small speakers with very big woofers, to hear the bass properly at so low volume.
Retrofier, are you a musician?
Continuous power ratings are not common in Audio for a number of reasons but yes indeed the amps I was using can produce 100 Watts continuously. The point of having such a brute force power amp was based on handling low speaker impedances and keeping thermal cycling low without a fan. The 100 Watt bulb puts out the same power but works as a heater as much as a light source. Fortunatley audio amplfiers manage to convert a fair amount of that energy to mechanical force and waste less as heat.
Probably so, but this was not the case - was it? Probably they were running at some watts (RMS) peaking on some occasion to their max limits, if ever?