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. > > I used to play bass, and remember times when my bass cabinet's 12" > speakers (driven by an amp rated at a measly 400 watts RMS) were moving > enough air to blow my bellbottom pants legs around. > > But I'm no pro audio person, so listen to Fons and measure! > But, these go to 16777215! (ducking now) -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
