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<blockquote data-quote="metalheadjoe" data-source="post: 8787971" data-attributes="member: 581422"><p>How and why? Lots of people toss this claim around but nobody can explain it.</p><p>Output power equals input power times efficiency.</p><p></p><p>Analogies are generally worthless and inaccurate, but I am an auto enthusiast, so I'll play along. Your amp is closest to a transmission in the drivetrain comparison. It takes the power from the engine and ultimately converts it to travel speed. A 4-ohm load might be a higher gear, and a 1-ohm load might be a lower gear, but the transmission doesn't care. Its only function is to take input power from the engine and convert it to usable output power for the rest of the drivetrain. This is obviously over-simplified, because engines have power-curves, and you don't want to over-rev them OR lug them, which is why comparisons like this are worthless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="metalheadjoe, post: 8787971, member: 581422"] How and why? Lots of people toss this claim around but nobody can explain it. Output power equals input power times efficiency. Analogies are generally worthless and inaccurate, but I am an auto enthusiast, so I'll play along. Your amp is closest to a transmission in the drivetrain comparison. It takes the power from the engine and ultimately converts it to travel speed. A 4-ohm load might be a higher gear, and a 1-ohm load might be a lower gear, but the transmission doesn't care. Its only function is to take input power from the engine and convert it to usable output power for the rest of the drivetrain. This is obviously over-simplified, because engines have power-curves, and you don't want to over-rev them OR lug them, which is why comparisons like this are worthless. [/QUOTE]
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