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<blockquote data-quote="3.5Max6spd" data-source="post: 483538" data-attributes="member: 555373">design, efficiency, S/N ratio, transient distortion, separation, damping factor.......too many variables to dictate soundYes, a watt is a watt......but how well an amplifier delivers that watt/signal&nbsp; to a speaker is what separates an amp with &quot;clean power&quot; to the restDamping factor equals speaker control- some say that damping factor is nothing to worry about- In a way, if you are buying a quality product, regardless it has a decent damp factor-the problem lies though on what the customer believes is a quality product and the application it is using the amplifier for- many like to run their equipment at below the 4ohm impedance, so the damping factor cuts in half @ 2ohm, then again @ 1ohm- So the amp you thought had a decent damp factor of 200-250 is now only putting ~50 at 1ohm has very low speaker control- this insn&#039;t very important to the SPL guys because they see plenty of distortion, moving air is their primary concernSpeakers&nbsp; not only present a resistive load from the amplifier, but create a highly reactive one,the higher the damp factor of the amp the best that amplifier can keep that resistive load from creating distortion- There is an audible difference, trust &quot;your&quot; ears, not othersI have heard the difference, my amp has a damping factor of 2000</blockquote>

[QUOTE="3.5Max6spd, post: 483538, member: 555373"] design, efficiency, S/N ratio, transient distortion, separation, damping factor.......too many variables to dictate sound Yes, a watt is a watt......but how well an amplifier delivers that watt/signal to a speaker is what separates an amp with "clean power" to the rest Damping factor equals speaker control- some say that damping factor is nothing to worry about- In a way, if you are buying a quality product, regardless it has a decent damp factor- the problem lies though on what the customer believes is a quality product and the application it is using the amplifier for- many like to run their equipment at below the 4ohm impedance, so the damping factor cuts in half @ 2ohm, then again @ 1ohm- So the amp you thought had a decent damp factor of 200-250 is now only putting ~50 at 1ohm has very low speaker control- this insn't very important to the SPL guys because they see plenty of distortion, moving air is their primary concern Speakers not only present a resistive load from the amplifier, but create a highly reactive one,the higher the damp factor of the amp the best that amplifier can keep that resistive load from creating distortion- There is an audible difference, trust "your" ears, not others I have heard the difference, my amp has a damping factor of 2000 [/QUOTE]

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