On Sat, May 09, 2009 at 09:33:40AM -0700, Justin Smith wrote: > Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I am under the impression > that running a PA with no speakers is in no way harmful. It is similar > to having an electric outlet without anything plugged into it, your Most amps won't mind being unloaded, notable exceptions being those having a transformer at the output (e.g. tube amps). > real danger is too heavy a current drain (ie. sticking a fork in the > electric socket, or a low impedance speaker in a speaker jack that > cannot handle that low and impedance). A well designed amp should survive that as well - certainly if it's meant for PA where cables and plugs get damaged and a short circuit is a real possibility. Some amps are designed to survive almost everything except a direct lightning strike. I once drove a power drill using an Amcron DC300A, it worked perfectly and I'm still using that amp... Ciao, -- FA Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia è troppo stretta e lunga. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
