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On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 09:34:29PM -1000, david wrote:
> fons@kokkinizita.net wrote:

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>

> >As long as you don't overload anything, there should be no difference.

> >Things like 'fuller bass' are impossible to comment on. If in doubt,

> >*measure* it.

>

> Yup. Although I remember advice from decades back saying that

> whatever your amp's volume setting, it needed to have enough power

> to drive the bass frequencies. Those take more power because the

> speaker has to move a lot more air for a strong bass response. So

> it's possible that your amp gives you better bass response when you

> have it cranked up, simply because that's when it has enough power

> to really drive your bass speakers.

None of this depends on the gain setting which for most

power amps is just a potentiometer at the input, with

at most a low or unity gain stage in front. Reducing the

gain does not reduce the available power - it just takes

more input.
Instrument (guitar) amps are a different matter.
Ciao,
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FA
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