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Headphoneus Supremus
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4 Times it's power rating which means also double the voltage & current. Most amps can not produce even twice the power so they just clip the wave form but with the stasis amp it didn't just clip, it blew the voltage amp which was directly connected to the load as when the amp overloaded it came out of stasis exposing the true nature of the load to the voltage amp when the current mirror couldn't keep up with the load. I suspected this possability as soon as I seen the write up from threshold.
I figured it was pretty clear when I said 4X it's rating meaning 4X times it's rated power so if it's rated for 100 watts you ask it to produce 400 & since most amps can't they clip.
The reason for this test was McIntosh was showing off thier anticlipping feature that if you did the same to thiers the amp would automatically limit itself by reducing gain to avoid clipping. gain would return as soon as the overload disappeared
You need to define 4 times as strong, otherwise this post is worse than useless. times it's power rating
4 Times it's power rating which means also double the voltage & current. Most amps can not produce even twice the power so they just clip the wave form but with the stasis amp it didn't just clip, it blew the voltage amp which was directly connected to the load as when the amp overloaded it came out of stasis exposing the true nature of the load to the voltage amp when the current mirror couldn't keep up with the load. I suspected this possability as soon as I seen the write up from threshold.
I figured it was pretty clear when I said 4X it's rating meaning 4X times it's rated power so if it's rated for 100 watts you ask it to produce 400 & since most amps can't they clip.
The reason for this test was McIntosh was showing off thier anticlipping feature that if you did the same to thiers the amp would automatically limit itself by reducing gain to avoid clipping. gain would return as soon as the overload disappeared