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Old 03-14-2009, 12:08 PM
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Damping?
Just want to see what some peoples opinions are on the giant farce that is the almighty damping factor.

Personally......damping doesn't mean . It's a pretty trivial number concerning how good an amplifier sounds.
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Old 03-14-2009, 12:20 PM
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Over rated spec!
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Old 03-14-2009, 12:25 PM
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+1 for the good guys.
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Old 03-14-2009, 12:27 PM
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Haha...yeah, i don't put much weight into df specs, as long as it's a modern, brand name or well built amp...the df will be more than enough to be inaudible. I'm more interested in build quality, rated rms power, and personal experience with a brand. Most specs these days are useless as just about any good amp can easily meet noise, freq. response, and distortion levels well below audibility.
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Old 03-14-2009, 12:34 PM
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what is damping factor a measurement of?
 
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Old 03-14-2009, 12:50 PM
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In audio system terminology the damping factor gives the ratio of the rated impedance of the loudspeaker to the source impedance. Only the resistive part of the loudspeaker impedance is used.
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Old 03-14-2009, 01:49 PM
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damping factor for dummies: the amps ability to control a speakers movement.

the difference in nearly all amps damping factors will be inaudible
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Old 03-14-2009, 02:16 PM
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so is damping factor an audio phenomenon and irrelevant
 
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Old 03-14-2009, 02:23 PM
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not an audible phenomenon with any reaonably built amplifier, but most certainly an electrical phenomenon that is very easy to measure.
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Old 03-14-2009, 02:31 PM
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have you ever done any listening test with an amp with hi damping factor, say 300, as compared to one that has a low damping factor, say less than 100
 
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