5 poxy watts!

ICBM

ecc83 said:

For one thing you would never find a 5watt and 50watt amplifiers that were identical in every respect OTHER than power output* They are sure to have different voicings. Then, even if you A/B'ed then through the same speaker, said speaker would have to be of some 200W+ rating in order not to thermally compress.

The Mesa Express 5:50 comes quite close to this. Same amp, two different power output configurations. The stock speaker is a 90W Celestion, but you could possibly fit it with an EV 200-watter if you wanted…

In my opinion the 50W mode is still more than twice as perceptively loud as the 5W mode though.

ecc83

ICBM said:

ecc83 said:

For one thing you would never find a 5watt and 50watt amplifiers that were identical in every respect OTHER than power output* They are sure to have different voicings. Then, even if you A/B'ed then through the same speaker, said speaker would have to be of some 200W+ rating in order not to thermally compress.

The Mesa Express 5:50 comes quite close to this. Same amp, two different power output configurations. The stock speaker is a 90W Celestion, but you could possibly fit it with an EV 200-watter if you wanted…

In my opinion the 50W mode is still more than twice as perceptively loud as the 5W mode though.

FCS! Trust you! Ok, heh, there IS one amplifier that qualifies. That 90W Celestion would be into serious compression since it is generally agreed that is starts at about 1/2 the power rating.

Glad you agree though, 50W into a 100dB/W/mtr speaker is seriously, very loud.

Dave.