A Guide to Amplifiers

[Johnny Vinyl]

Originally Posted by solarrdadd

i agree with Lou regarding the different classes of amps. Also, for you and Lou, yes, i think this is a good place to touch on the differences between tube & ss amps.

I think this is great but, for a person new with no real experience or true knowledge about amps, this will be confusing as you know what! don't get me wrong, it's great. it gets very deep into theroy and for most folks who are accounts (please, I'm not picking on accounts either) and want to get an understanding of amps (cause their thinking of getting one) a lot of this is potentially way over their heads and might even deter them from getting one because they don't understand all of the math or science assciated with it.

if i didn't have an electrical/electronics background and new nothing about this equipment, i'd be lost. i think for the majority of us, this and/or portions of it are very, very helpful. for some it will be a true lesson, for some it will be a great refresher and unfortunately for some it will thicken the fog they might be already in.

perhaps somewhere in there it can be mentioned as to what level you might need to be to grasp various things in the post relative to your experience, science and mathmatical background.

i know sometimes i catch myself talking to folks about things dealing with electricity and i see that they are lost and i have to backtrack to because they don't really understand and then they lose interest.
in that same vain, there are those who i can talk directly to and not have to breake it down, like fellow electricians and/or electrical engineers; mind you that's not always the case!

overall, i think it's very good. it will be helpfull, i know i saw a couple of things i didn't know!

You make a very valid point solarrdadd. The last thing that needs to happen in any sticky is overwhelming the reader. I fear the inclusion of some of the suggestions (mine included) would probably have that effect.

John