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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54
I honestly think that there are a lot of tube amp owners that do not have even the most basic knowledge about tube amps. Tube amps are not for beginners. You can ruin a good tube amp if you don't know the basics of operation.
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The whole "I think a 100 watter is too loud so I think I need a 50 watter" misnomer is another one you'll hear frequently too. You only get 3dB of volume difference everytime you double the output power, and you have to multiply the output power by 10 times to get double the volume, so a 100 watter is only twice louder than a 10 watt amp, and a 50 watter is only twice louder than a 5 watt amp. The difference between 50 and 100 watts is more a "headroom" thing than a volume thing and a 50 watter will break up earlier than a 100 watter and will generally have a "looser" sound and dynamic feel, but you won't be able to hardly tell a difference if any at all in volume between the two.
Volume has to do more with the frequency response and resonant frequency (the frequency that the amplifier amplifies the most) vs the frequency response/resonant frequency of the speaker vs the frequency response/resonant frequency of your own ears. Also, speaker sensitivity comes into play here as well. But the volume difference between 50 and 100 watts is hardly discernable.