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<blockquote data-quote="Wingman0121" data-source="post: 7307141" data-attributes="member: 620554">If I remember right the AP1500s and the AP30001D does its rated power @ &amp;gt;1% distortion(or Total Harmonic Distortion/THD), so yes it could be considered a &quot;dirty&quot; amp when compared to another amp that does its rated 1500 or 3000 watts @ 0.05% THD, however at half power both amps would have less THD than your ears can detect. Distortion usually occurs when the solid-state amp is pushed close to its limits and increase as it gets closer.For example, there are two amps and one does 1000 watts RMS @ 1% THD and another that does 1000 RMS @ 0.002% THD. What does that tell you? The one that does 1000 watts @ 0.002% THD has a more robust power supply and output devices which translate to better reliability &amp;amp; more actual power when pushed to its limits. But these days people are cheap azzez so if the first amp costs $150 and the other costs $500, which one are you going to buy?^^^oh and super-low distortion rating is why old-school US Amps are so desirable... and expensive.Value-wise you can&#039;t beat the AP. I have one and the only complaint I have is the looks... it&#039;s neither pleasing or interesting, it&#039;s not ugly but meh.That and it&#039;s too long and the only reason why it&#039;s so long is because AP wants to save money/be lazy and just bolted two AP1500 together and call that a new amp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wingman0121, post: 7307141, member: 620554"] If I remember right the AP1500s and the AP30001D does its rated power @ >1% distortion(or Total Harmonic Distortion/THD), so yes it could be considered a "dirty" amp when compared to another amp that does its rated 1500 or 3000 watts @ 0.05% THD, however at half power both amps would have less THD than your ears can detect. Distortion usually occurs when the solid-state amp is pushed close to its limits and increase as it gets closer. For example, there are two amps and one does 1000 watts RMS @ 1% THD and another that does 1000 RMS @ 0.002% THD. What does that tell you? The one that does 1000 watts @ 0.002% THD has a more robust power supply and output devices which translate to better reliability & more actual power when pushed to its limits. But these days people are cheap azzez so if the first amp costs $150 and the other costs $500, which one are you going to buy? ^^^oh and super-low distortion rating is why old-school US Amps are so desirable... and expensive. Value-wise you can't beat the AP. I have one and the only complaint I have is the looks... it's neither pleasing or interesting, it's not ugly but meh. That and it's too long and the only reason why it's so long is because AP wants to save money/be lazy and just bolted two AP1500 together and call that a new amp. [/QUOTE]

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