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You pretty much answered your own question. A modulator will not increase the resting carrier any but it will well - MODULATE the carrier. Gives a LOT more swing. Often they are used ahead of amplifiers.

An amplifier amplifies. A modulator modulates. Can an amplifier work as a modulator? Sure it can but at a higher level. Turn on the amp and hit the dead key, there is one level of output. Start speaking into the mic and watch the meter go up.

A true modulator will not increase the resting carrier much, or at all above stock, but will provide higher output while speaking.

To the untrained eye they appear identical from a component point of view. I don't know what exactly the difference in construction is that makes one a modulator and another an amplifier. But they are two different devices.

<blockquote data-quote="Atlasta" data-source="post: 523914" data-attributes="member: 19597">You pretty much answered your own question.&nbsp; A modulator will not increase the resting carrier any but it will well - MODULATE the carrier.&nbsp; Gives a LOT more swing.&nbsp; Often they are used ahead of amplifiers.An amplifier amplifies.&nbsp; A modulator modulates. Can an amplifier work as a modulator?&nbsp; Sure it can but at a higher level.&nbsp; Turn on the amp and hit the dead key, there is one level of output.&nbsp; Start speaking into the mic and watch the meter go up.&nbsp; A true modulator will not increase the resting carrier much, or at all above stock, but will provide higher output while speaking.To the untrained eye they appear identical from a component point of view.&nbsp; I don&#039;t know what exactly the difference in construction is that makes one a modulator and another an amplifier.&nbsp; But they are two different devices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Atlasta, post: 523914, member: 19597"] You pretty much answered your own question. A modulator will not increase the resting carrier any but it will well - MODULATE the carrier. Gives a LOT more swing. Often they are used ahead of amplifiers. An amplifier amplifies. A modulator modulates. Can an amplifier work as a modulator? Sure it can but at a higher level. Turn on the amp and hit the dead key, there is one level of output. Start speaking into the mic and watch the meter go up. A true modulator will not increase the resting carrier much, or at all above stock, but will provide higher output while speaking. To the untrained eye they appear identical from a component point of view. I don't know what exactly the difference in construction is that makes one a modulator and another an amplifier. But they are two different devices. [/QUOTE]

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