current versus watts
Sound quality has little to do with current (otherwise the tube industry would have died decades ago) and has everything to do with distortion. That is a topic for a different thread. 'Current' is an issue about which there is a lot of mythology. see: http://www.atma-sphere.com/papers/myth.html |
" The amount of current that flows through the POWER SUPPLY when it is shorted out for 10 milliseconds. That's the official spec. There are a number of tube amps with ratings that high. So when you see the idea of 'current reserve' being bandied about, keep this in mind. " Thank you Athmospere, you are absolutely right. Spectron also makes the same point (well, their reserve of 65A lasts 500 msec with peak power of 3500 watts per channel) I would add to your comments that luck of needed power (voltage or current) leads to distortions and you and Spectron wrote that this type of distortions (particularly in ss amps) is odd order harmonics producing ear piercing sound. Thank you again! Rafael |
My panels have a 4 amp fuse on the mid/tweet. I simply can't see them making use of much more than about 7 or 8 amps continuous...though i may be wrong. As for my ICE amps 45amp rating? Question: Can anyone point me at a fuse time/current chart which will show HOW MUCH overcurrent a fuse can take and for HOW LONG? I know fuses are NOT a 'brick wall' already. |
