Mark gas
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Richard Clark did a test on tube amps too. He said tube amps just add distortion and he could bet a/b class amps to sound the same when he added distortion to them.
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Sebastien
Sources: - 85th AES Convention Report, JAES, Vol.36, No.12, Dec. 1988.
Audio tape of "Esoteric Audio: Can You Hear It?", Workshop 18, 85th AES Convention (available from: Mobiltape, 25061 W. Ave. Stanford, Suite 70, Valencia, CA91355).
I think the test is absurd, if we can't test the amplifiers at their limits, what's the point of the test?Manuel I would stagger that most of the people here aren't testing the limits of their amplifiers on a daily basis. Even when you're listening to a movie at reference volume if you've properly sized your amps They're not breaking a sweat. So if typical conditions don't test the limits of the amplifier why test them under such grueling conditions?
Test a QSC PLX3402 against a boutique amp. If your speakers can sucessfully test the limits of the QSC then the boutique amp will have given up already, or you'll be deaf. QSC PLX series amps are stable under just about any driving conditions you can create. This includes reactive loads. If 1100Wx2 into 4 ohms at .05% THD isn't sufficient I'm not sure who makes an amp that can drive the load in question. Odds are the electrical circuit that you have the amp plugged into will give out before the amp. The amp can draw 39A from a 120VAC line when delivering all it's power into twin 4 ohm loads.
Seth
To answer the question about where it can be doneThank you for providing this information.
he says there is virtually NO difference between amps but that there is a chance that someone could get lucky 6 straight times but NOT 12 straight times? Riiiiiiiiiigggght.Despite your sarcasm, he's right in saying that the odds of getting it right 12 straight times due to sheer luck are very low, and that the odds of being lucky 6 times in a row are much higher. Randomly getting an A/B choice correct is the equivalent of a coin toss. You are aware that the odds of having a coin toss come up heads 6 times in a row (1 out of 64) are MUCH higher than having it happen 12 times in a row (1 out of 4096), yes?
Despite your sarcasm, he's right in saying that the odds of getting it right 12 straight times due to sheer luck are very low, and that the odds of being lucky 6 times in a row are much higher. Randomly getting an A/B choice correct is the equivalent of a coin toss. You are aware that the odds of having a coin toss come up heads 6 times in a row (1 out of 64) are MUCH higher than having it happen 12 times in a row (1 out of 4096), yes?You took the words right out of my mouth. It's just it funny that everyone is so quick to dismiss the challenge when it makes a lot of sense.