So you think that your 200 watt amplifier is really 200 watts, eh! Guess what folks: it isn’t. Actually, it’s far from it. Let me explain. It would only be 200 watts when producing a SINGLE NOTE. Now if you add a second note, it isn’t 200 watts anymore. Some examples are in order. Let’s say a note is being played that is 2 octaves above concert A or about 1760 Hz. Now, 200 watts is represented by 40 Volts RMS across 8 ohms. Let’s assume that the voltage for that note is required to be HALF of the available output or 20 Volts. This 20 Volts is 50 watts. Now let’s have another note at say low A at 55 Hz. also at 20 Volts or 50 watts. Guess what! The voltages are directly additive and in fact, the 1760 Hz is in effect modulated by the 55 Hz. Now the average sum of these two signals equals 40 Volts which should be 200 watts but, it isn’t. Each frequency is only amounting to 50 watts for a total of 100 watts. Already, our 200 watt amplifier has been reduced to half its size with only TWO NOTES. Now lets add in a 3rd note sufficiently away from the other two notes. We must now divide the available output voltage by a factor of 3 which gives us 13.33 Volts per signal. This results in approximately 22 watts per note. That sure is a long way from 200 watts. Now can you imagine what happens with very complex musical structures? The true available UNDISTORTED output power is but a mere fraction of what the amplifier is really rated at. If you don’t believe me just hook up an oscilliscope to the output of your amp and watch the clipping. Those of you with amps that have true peak indicators can surely know what I’m talking about.
Det stämmer inte alls med vad jag alltid trott. Hur kan insignalen påverka en förstärkares uteffekt?
Eller är det så att författaren menar att när insignalen får sällskap av flera toner (vilket ger högra amplitud på insignalen) så kommer den att klippa. Men det gör den väl knappast för att uteffekten blir lägre, utan för att den helt enkelt inte räcker.
Vem är bakom flötet? Jag, författaren av ovanstående citat eller båda?
