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The Scientific Audiophile on youtube made me realize that the power output of amplifiers, when tested with a 1khz tone is much more than when tested for music, especially for class D. Maybe the derate is huge! It is good there are standards, like 1khz, but clearly we need to add a multitone standard that can reasonably represent music.
Does anybody have some good info on this?
For example:
My feeling is that my Buckeye NCx500 (class D, 700w/ch) needs to be derated such that it performs like a 300W class A. Just a feeling, without any real testing.
Does anybody have some good info on this?
For example:
- Can Class D be tweaked better than class A - to take advantage and inflate 1khz power output. and even more inflated than class A?
- Can amp designers get more music watts by ignoring the 1khz watts? It may hurt their sales but is still a valid question. I am asking if they can, not if they should.
My feeling is that my Buckeye NCx500 (class D, 700w/ch) needs to be derated such that it performs like a 300W class A. Just a feeling, without any real testing.
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