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Could someone explain to me the importance of the damping factor? What's better, a higher number or lower? Why do some amps have it adjustable? Thanks!
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Damping factor is the ratio of the output impedance of the amp to the load it is running. Higher is better, however anything above 100 is fine. Some companies *claim* that you will hear a difference and that you should buy their amp because it has a DF of 10000, but that is BS. I pretty much ignore the stat. I am not sure what you mean by amps having it adjustable. I do know that if you change the impedance the amp sees, it changes the DF. A 4 ohm load will have twice the damping factor of a 2 ohm load, etc. Part of what makes a tube amp sound so unique is that their DF is extremely low, around 40 or so. Anyway, just ignore the stat. It really is meaningless.
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Thanks for the explanation. I nromally ignored it until I saw that the Helix HXA 1000QX had an adjustable dampening factor from 100-2000. That started to make me wonder if it was important or not.
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