Amp power

[GCool]

I was reading some other posts this morning when I thought, has any one really checked how much real power there head puts out? I will check my Orange TB500 and post results in a little bit.

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Yes, of course.

But without the distortion figure, the wattage can be quite misleading.

On the onset of clipping, its not uncommon that a tube amp is at 10% THD and a SS about 5%.

Regards
Sam

[edervjo]

My crest CA9 delivers an honest 900watts/chnl at 0.1% thd, 20 to 20khz
I know cuz my tech just rebuilt 1 channel and he o-scoped it for me.

[Rick Auricchio]

Actually, my band doesn't really care whether my amp puts out five watts or five million.

They care about how many decibels are produced by my cabinet. Their ears don't hear watts.