Neil McCauley
01-11-2017, 08:23
Paul McGowan writes:
The secret to selecting the perfect amplifier chassis, location, topology, and wattage rating can be found inside the loudspeaker—not in the form of a hidden note—but rather in the demands of the speaker itself.
But that’s not the way it all shakes out when it comes to selecting amps and speakers (where we typically follow one of several patterns): matching the speaker to the amp or choosing an amp big enough to work with anything we throw at it.
In the first example, if we have a small amplifier (perhaps a lower power SET), we don’t want to connect to a power hungry loudspeaker. Instead, we’d choose an efficient horn or cone design. Failure to get this right results in .....
Continues at http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/11/speakers-with-plugs/
The secret to selecting the perfect amplifier chassis, location, topology, and wattage rating can be found inside the loudspeaker—not in the form of a hidden note—but rather in the demands of the speaker itself.
But that’s not the way it all shakes out when it comes to selecting amps and speakers (where we typically follow one of several patterns): matching the speaker to the amp or choosing an amp big enough to work with anything we throw at it.
In the first example, if we have a small amplifier (perhaps a lower power SET), we don’t want to connect to a power hungry loudspeaker. Instead, we’d choose an efficient horn or cone design. Failure to get this right results in .....
Continues at http://www.hifianswers.com/2017/11/speakers-with-plugs/