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<blockquote data-quote="WarDrumz" data-source="post: 422282" data-attributes="member: 552857">I am about to attempt to ask a question regarding this subject. Don&#039;t take your anger out that you have for the other posters on this thread out on me.It&#039;s mostly curiosity.Here it goes.....I&#039;ve always believed a watt is a watt.BUT I&#039;ve never understood what a &#039;watt&#039; sounds like.I was thinking..People that claim amplifiers can sound better than the next &quot;might&quot; have a point.When a person posts &quot;cleaner&quot; refering to an amp, why does &quot;a watt is a watt&quot; always come as a response?Like I said, to me, power is power, a watt IS a watt, but do all amplifiers have the same internals for the signal to travel through?An amplifier is supposed to amplify the input signal right?How can we tell that the out going signal, (the music), that we hear is an EXACT match to what the input signal was? Except to say it sounds cleaner/worse?Bcuz if the music from the amp is slightly different than the original input signal, THEN amps COULD sound different.Yeah a watt is a watt. But if one amp doesn&#039;t produce the signal exactly identical to the original signal then &#039;50 watt amp A&#039; could be putting out 50 watts of music that isn&#039;t identical to the original input signal, which could sound &#039;different&#039;...while &#039;50 watt amp B&#039; could be thought of as &quot;cleaner&quot; bcuz the music sounds exactly like the input signal, only 50 watts more powerful.So, if this is possible, again, IF it&#039;s possbile, then one amp could be thought of as being cleaner/worse than another.Again, my whole &#039;maybe post&#039; is based upon the signal traveling through an amp being slightly different in one amp, and another amp keeping the signal the same. So...if that isn&#039;t possible then just disregard everything before this sentence.Does a damping factor play a role in low frequency output?Bcuz I have had two amps of identical power sound the same until lows were played, and one amp played them &#039;strong &amp;amp; forceful&#039; while the other made them seem &#039;faint&#039;.***I am talking about subwoofer amps.*******Also my post is based on &#039;maybe if&#039;. I don&#039;t believe I&#039;ve stated anything as fact. Just &#039;maybe&#039;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WarDrumz, post: 422282, member: 552857"] I am about to attempt to ask a question regarding this subject. Don't take your anger out that you have for the other posters on this thread out on me. It's mostly curiosity. Here it goes..... I've always believed a watt is a watt. BUT I've never understood what a 'watt' sounds like. I was thinking..People that claim amplifiers can sound better than the next "might" have a point. When a person posts "cleaner" refering to an amp, why does "a watt is a watt" always come as a response? Like I said, to me, power is power, a watt IS a watt, but do all amplifiers have the same internals for the signal to travel through? An amplifier is supposed to amplify the input signal right? How can we tell that the out going signal, (the music), that we hear is an EXACT match to what the input signal was? Except to say it sounds cleaner/worse? Bcuz if the music from the amp is slightly different than the original input signal, THEN amps COULD sound different. Yeah a watt is a watt. But if one amp doesn't produce the signal exactly identical to the original signal then '50 watt amp A' could be putting out 50 watts of music that isn't identical to the original input signal, which could sound 'different'...while '50 watt amp B' could be thought of as "cleaner" bcuz the music sounds exactly like the input signal, only 50 watts more powerful. So, if this is possible, again, IF it's possbile, then one amp could be thought of as being cleaner/worse than another. Again, my whole 'maybe post' is based upon the signal traveling through an amp being slightly different in one amp, and another amp keeping the signal the same. So...if that isn't possible then just disregard everything before this sentence. Does a damping factor play a role in low frequency output? Bcuz I have had two amps of identical power sound the same until lows were played, and one amp played them 'strong & forceful' while the other made them seem 'faint'. ***I am talking about subwoofer amps. *******Also my post is based on 'maybe if'. I don't believe I've stated anything as fact. Just 'maybe'. [/QUOTE]

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