Understanding output power
Jan 8, 2020 at 6:04 PM Thread Starter Post #1 of 2

Mhog55

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I'm after a new dap, but I find the listed output power specs a little confusing. For example, I'm looking at the Shanling M5s. For balanced output power it lists 300 mW at 32 ohms. My current dap, the Opus#1s, lists the balanced power output at 3.4 vrms. Is there a simple way to convert these numbers? Which is more powerful in this scenario?
 
Jan 8, 2020 at 11:30 PM Post #2 of 2
3.4 Vrms is not a measure of power. You can use the equation of Ohm's law to convert between voltage, power, resistance, and current, but you need to have at least two of those numbers and the spec sheet I saw didn't have that. So you can't directly compare the two with just the info they put in the specs.
 

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