[Boatanchors] Speech Amp

[Al Klase]

Barrie,

What this means is that your 20-watt amp will be perfectly happy 
delivering 8.1 watts to a 600-ohm load.  It's output is actually less 
than 600 ohms, but that doesn't matter.  Impedance matching is like 
horseshoes and nuclear weapons:  close counts.  Give it a shot.  You're 
not really concerned with optimal power transfer, just that you can 
deliver sufficient power to the load.  I'd expect 8 watts is way more 
than enough.

Al

Barrie Smith wrote:
> Thanks for the info regarding the speech amp.  However, I'm still 
> confussed.
>  
> Would I be better off using a regular 8 ohm output amp into a matching 
> transformer with a 600 ohm output?
>  
> 73, Barrie, W7ALW
>
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* J Forster <mailto:jfor at quik.com>
>     *To:* Barrie Smith <mailto:barrie at centric.net>
>     *Cc:* boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
>     <mailto:boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
>     *Sent:* Monday, November 17, 2008 2:49 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [Boatanchors] Speech Amp
>
>     Take a look here:
>
>     http://www.dvq.com/hifi/images/260a.pdf
>
>     AFAIK, 600 ohms is used for inputs, not outputs, and is typically
>     balanced.
>
>     A 70 V line means that the amp output is 70 V RMS at the amp's
>     rated output. The 70 V is usually stepped down at each speaker to
>     voice coil impedance. Typical transformers have taps for the
>     desired wattage to the speaker, so you can hook up a number of
>     transformer/speaker combos. So on a 10 W amp, you can hook up four
>     1 W and three 2 W speakers. The amp looks a lot like a voltage
>     source.
>
>     Since Power = V * V /R, if R=600 ohms and V=70 volts, there is
>     only one possible power output from the amp. (4900/600 = 8.1 W)
>
>     Nope, 600 ohm and 70 V are NOT the same.
>
>     -John
>
>     ==============
>
>     Barrie Smith wrote:
>
>>       It's my impression that the 70 volt output on a PA amp is 600
>>     ohms. 
>
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Al Klase - N3FRQ
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