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<blockquote data-quote="helotaxi" data-source="post: 7014327" data-attributes="member: 550915"><p>This is true.</p><p></p><p>No idea what you're trying to say here.</p><p></p><p>Here's the deal. Every time you increase current through the power supply and the output stage, you increase the voltage drop across the switching devices. This creates losses due to heat which are the definition of a drop in efficiency. This was really apparent in many of the amps that did the same power regardless of impedance. At higher impedances they were fairly efficient, but drop the load and the current consumption for the same power output would go through the roof.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="helotaxi, post: 7014327, member: 550915"] This is true. No idea what you're trying to say here. Here's the deal. Every time you increase current through the power supply and the output stage, you increase the voltage drop across the switching devices. This creates losses due to heat which are the definition of a drop in efficiency. This was really apparent in many of the amps that did the same power regardless of impedance. At higher impedances they were fairly efficient, but drop the load and the current consumption for the same power output would go through the roof. [/QUOTE]
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