Subject: Re: USB sound cards From: "Richard F. Lyon" <dicklyon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 21:59:32 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--001a113ab2ba7577b6050a26d4cd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Bob Masta <audio@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's the other way around: Adding resistance in the > driving circuit gives poorer damping. "Damping Factor" for > a power amplifier is the reciprocal of output impedance. > Bob, I wasn't aware of that definition. I was thinking of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping_ratio rather than http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping_factor Is there an understanding of why high "damping factor" would be good? Jont's findings suggest otherwise (I believe he's saying the current is typically more relevant than the volage). Dick --001a113ab2ba7577b6050a26d4cd Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 5:52 AM, Bob Masta <span dir=3D"lt= r"><<a href=3D"mailto:audio@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank">audio@xxxxxxxx= .com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><div class=3D"gmai= l_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e= x;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D""= > </span>It's the other way around:=C2=A0 Adding resistance in the<br> driving circuit gives poorer damping.=C2=A0 "Damping Factor" for<= br> a power amplifier is the reciprocal of output impedance.<br></blockquote><d= iv><br></div><div>Bob, I wasn't aware of that definition.<br>I was thin= king of <a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping_ratio">http://en.wi= kipedia.org/wiki/Damping_ratio</a><br>rather than <a href=3D"http://en.wiki= pedia.org/wiki/Damping_factor">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping_factor<= /a><br><br></div><div>Is there an understanding of why high "damping f= actor" would be good?<br></div><div>Jont's findings suggest otherw= ise (I believe he's saying the current is typically more relevant than = the volage).<br><br>Dick<br>=C2=A0<br></div></div></div></div> --001a113ab2ba7577b6050a26d4cd--