Worthless if he is not clipping now. How will it use more power when it is not in demand??? You will not, no matter how many watts you have in reserve. And, you should also consider the dynamic headroom as well, that is what it is there for, short bursts of power.
.....if you have a peak of 80 or 100 watts to the speakers, with a surround receiver, you're either AT the end of the road, all channels continuous especially,
Tell me which soundtrack has peaks to all channels at the exact same instant? So, it matters not about all channels continuous, does it.
or only have a little bit left, to react with any authority,
Matters not if you are not demanding that little bit that is left, does it? That last watt before clipping is just as good as the first watt.
to the peak or the low, and it probably won't be enough to effecively handle the peak or the low,
But if you are not clipping, that 500 watts in resever is for nothing, doesn't affect that 99 watts you are demanding on that last peak.
distortion, when you clip the amp section with six other amp sections sucking the transformer dry....or....non-life from watts being depleted....
Please, which soundtrack has demand for such peaks in all channels at the exact same instant. I want to check it out, if I have that in the library. Otherwise it is a waste of time talking hypotheticals that has not happened or will happen.
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...distortion blows speakers, not watts.
Speakers make their own distortion, lots of it as you drive it hard. Did you know they check subs with 10% distortion limits???
Mtrycrafts, you know I didn't mean anything
Hey, we are having a friendly discussion, or a friendly disagreement
Sir....watts in reserve sure isn't.....
Watts in reserve is useless unless you demand it. If you don't clip a receiver at 100 watts, no amount of reserve will help.
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...what you hear, suddenly has more musicality, and the "lows" are what makes you start bobbin' that head and tappin' that toe..
Here we go, subjective on me
Do it DBT, not clipping the amps.
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will notice the increase in the musicality of the music right off also..
Is she somehow immune to bias???
reference levels, is why you do this,
Not everyone listens at reference levels with 105 dB peaks.