Alpha's email newsletter talks about damage to amplifiers as a result of
overdrive -- the
example is given of amplifiers designed to produce 1500w output with 40w drive
being
driven with 150w. They say that there is a log maintained by the firmware which
records
overdrive incidents and that they won't repair damage caused by this kind of
abuse under
warranty.
I am sympathetic to their attitude and don't approve of the philosophy that all
knobs
should always be set to 11. But sometimes it's unintentional.
My question -- and maybe there's an Alpha employee on the list who wants to
answer -- is
"isn't it possible to make an overdrive protection circuit that will cause the
amplifier
to fault fast enough to protect the tubes and components?"
--
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco/
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