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<blockquote data-quote="cleansoundzz" data-source="post: 5835722" data-attributes="member: 589711"><p>Richard Clark challenge speaks of the the non-differences between sound of car amplifiers and tube amplifiers and even home audio amplifiers. When driven right before the point of clipping, all amplifiers will sound exactly the same. The only difference between the sound of the amplifiers comes when the power rating of one amplifier is more than the other which means it will be driven even less to the point of clipping than the amplifier with a lower power amplifier.</p><p></p><p>RC's amp challenge is the source of much debate but I have found it to be very helpful. The challenge simply proves that 100 (or insert whatever number pleases you) unclipped, unmanipulated watts from a less expensive amp will sound the same as 100 unclipped, unmanipulated watts from an expensive one. Does this mean everyone should run out and buy the cheaper amp? No. If the expensive amp is constructed with a higher quality of parts, is designed with a heat sink that functions better, has a nice crossover with more user functions, a better warranty, etc. then clearly it is more desirable. Furthermore if you only want 100 watts and the expensive amp can produce 130 watts before clipping compared to 105 watts before clipping for the less expensive one, this is an added bonus. I have seen some post on this forum expressing dislike for the challenge because (A) it states the obvious and (B) it doesen't tell you which amp is better for the end user. Both of these statements are true. For those of us who are just learning about car audio, however, RC's challenge serves a good purpose. It helps us to see past the marketing hype that wants us to believe that 100 unclipped, unmanipulated watts will sound different from one amp to the other (like when they compare distortion specs from two amps that are both well beyond the range of human hearing).The amp challenge will not tell you what you should buy, this is not it's intended purpose. It helps to educate consumers like me. The amp challenge helped me to understand what I really need to look at when considering an amp. To me this seems to be it's intended purpose and it serves this purpose well.</p><p></p><p>This is an excerpt from his challenge.</p><p></p><p>The differences between the sound coming from the amps are indistinguishable. This is how companies make their money off of consumers based on this invalid theory. It's much much better to buy an amp that will do it's rated power, has excellent build quality and uses top notch components rather than buying an amplifier with the assumption that it will sound better than the next amp. That's why the classified sections are filled up every day because people are believing that there are better products based on sound quality.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cleansoundzz, post: 5835722, member: 589711"] Richard Clark challenge speaks of the the non-differences between sound of car amplifiers and tube amplifiers and even home audio amplifiers. When driven right before the point of clipping, all amplifiers will sound exactly the same. The only difference between the sound of the amplifiers comes when the power rating of one amplifier is more than the other which means it will be driven even less to the point of clipping than the amplifier with a lower power amplifier. RC's amp challenge is the source of much debate but I have found it to be very helpful. The challenge simply proves that 100 (or insert whatever number pleases you) unclipped, unmanipulated watts from a less expensive amp will sound the same as 100 unclipped, unmanipulated watts from an expensive one. Does this mean everyone should run out and buy the cheaper amp? No. If the expensive amp is constructed with a higher quality of parts, is designed with a heat sink that functions better, has a nice crossover with more user functions, a better warranty, etc. then clearly it is more desirable. Furthermore if you only want 100 watts and the expensive amp can produce 130 watts before clipping compared to 105 watts before clipping for the less expensive one, this is an added bonus. I have seen some post on this forum expressing dislike for the challenge because (A) it states the obvious and (B) it doesen't tell you which amp is better for the end user. Both of these statements are true. For those of us who are just learning about car audio, however, RC's challenge serves a good purpose. It helps us to see past the marketing hype that wants us to believe that 100 unclipped, unmanipulated watts will sound different from one amp to the other (like when they compare distortion specs from two amps that are both well beyond the range of human hearing).The amp challenge will not tell you what you should buy, this is not it's intended purpose. It helps to educate consumers like me. The amp challenge helped me to understand what I really need to look at when considering an amp. To me this seems to be it's intended purpose and it serves this purpose well. This is an excerpt from his challenge. The differences between the sound coming from the amps are indistinguishable. This is how companies make their money off of consumers based on this invalid theory. It's much much better to buy an amp that will do it's rated power, has excellent build quality and uses top notch components rather than buying an amplifier with the assumption that it will sound better than the next amp. That's why the classified sections are filled up every day because people are believing that there are better products based on sound quality. [/QUOTE]
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