On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 09:34:29PM -1000, david wrote: > fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > >As long as you don't overload anything, there should be no difference. > >Things like 'fuller bass' are impossible to comment on. If in doubt, > >*measure* it. > > Yup. Although I remember advice from decades back saying that > whatever your amp's volume setting, it needed to have enough power > to drive the bass frequencies. Those take more power because the > speaker has to move a lot more air for a strong bass response. So > it's possible that your amp gives you better bass response when you > have it cranked up, simply because that's when it has enough power > to really drive your bass speakers. None of this depends on the gain setting which for most power amps is just a potentiometer at the input, with at most a low or unity gain stage in front. Reducing the gain does not reduce the available power - it just takes more input. Instrument (guitar) amps are a different matter. Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
