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In reality, a lot of the "loudness" associated with audio from class C amps is caused by distortion.. It's kind of like what happens when you add distortion to a guitar. The sound feels "louder"..

Basically one must choose whether they want balls-to-the-wall power on their meter and all the distortion, dirt and trash that comes with it, or if they want slightly less power on the meter (and it's typically not a HUGE difference really..), but CLEAN power that is confined to the frequency you are using.

You are correct though, with unfiltered class C amps much of the power that is measured at full drive is from harmonics, which lend nothing to your ability to "get out" on the frequency you're trying to use..

And yes, according to TNT their amps are class B, but that's still an improvement over class C.

<blockquote data-quote="eagle1911" data-source="post: 271726" data-attributes="member: 17129">In reality, a lot of the &quot;loudness&quot; associated with audio from class C amps is caused by distortion.. It&#039;s kind of like what happens when you add distortion to a&nbsp; guitar. The sound feels &quot;louder&quot;.. Basically one must choose whether they want balls-to-the-wall power on their meter and all the distortion, dirt and trash that comes with it, or if they want slightly less power on the meter (and it&#039;s typically not a HUGE difference really..), but CLEAN power that is confined to the frequency you are using.You are correct though, with unfiltered class C amps much of the power that is measured at full drive is from harmonics, which lend nothing to your ability to &quot;get out&quot; on the frequency you&#039;re trying to use..And yes, according to TNT their amps are class B, but that&#039;s still an improvement over class C.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eagle1911, post: 271726, member: 17129"] In reality, a lot of the "loudness" associated with audio from class C amps is caused by distortion.. It's kind of like what happens when you add distortion to a guitar. The sound feels "louder".. Basically one must choose whether they want balls-to-the-wall power on their meter and all the distortion, dirt and trash that comes with it, or if they want slightly less power on the meter (and it's typically not a HUGE difference really..), but CLEAN power that is confined to the frequency you are using. You are correct though, with unfiltered class C amps much of the power that is measured at full drive is from harmonics, which lend nothing to your ability to "get out" on the frequency you're trying to use.. And yes, according to TNT their amps are class B, but that's still an improvement over class C. [/QUOTE]

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