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Choosing the Best Power Amp for your Speakers

David Gonzalezz
 06/01/2018 03:44AM

Behind the scenes of a good music is a great set of connections. The music first starts with the audio device that will be directed to the amplifier. Through the amplifier, the music will then get to the speakers. Amplifiers and loudspeakers are two things that go hand in hand. It is like the horse and the carriage. Despite being dissimilar devices, their performance is described in many same words. The main terms in the description of their performance will include; watts, impedance among others. It is therefore very important that you match a speaker with her right amplifier. This will, therefore, enable the amp to give the speaker the power it deserves.

There is various consideration that you ought to make before purchasing good speakers for tube amps. You ought to have the right one that will really improve your sound. The main thing you ought to check is the power output. The power output reflects how loud the music can be. When the speakers are big or for a large room, it means that you need more power to serve that purpose. It is your speakers that will guide you into buying the right amp since you have to consider their power input. The other thing that is of great essence is the effect the amplifier has on the sound output. This is mainly known as the total harmonic distortion plus noise. When there is more distortion to the sound it means that there is more coloration to the sound. This figure ought to be as low as possible. The lower it is, the closer the amplifier is to produce the sound of the original recording. This is therefore very key to have the best voice.

The other important thing to consider on any amplifier is on the background noise. This is compared to being in a quiet room. You will hear people talking and cars passing outside. With your radio on and children playing, you might never hear the outside noise anymore. There is a background noise happening in an amplifier. This might get to a point where they affect the music. The background noise, therefore, ought to be as low as possible such that it doesn't affect the music. This is what we call signal to noise ratio, SNR. The higher the number, the more you hear the music and less of the noise.

Have you heard of crosstalk? It is one term that will define a good amp. It measures how undesirable the left signal is mixed with right output. It involves splitting up the signal such that you can tell who is talking where. The large this number is to the negative, the greater the stereo separation.

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