🚀 go-pugleaf

Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:34:45 -0400, Howard Ferstler
> <ferstle@attglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> >Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
> >>
> >> On 19 Jul 2005 09:49:34 -0700, "ScottW" <ScottW48@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Stewart Pinkerton wrote:
> >> >> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:00:48 -0400, Howard Ferstler
> >> >> <ferstle@attglobal.net> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Trevor Wilson wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >> You STILL deny that I was correct, in spite of the fact that NOT
> >> >> >> ONE SINGLE poster has supported your nonsensical stance. Not Arny, not Dick
> >> >> >> Pierce, no one. You're out on a limb and completely out of your gourd.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >It is likely that I misunderstood the individual's problem.
> >> >> >However, I still hold that a near short in parallel with a
> >> >> >speaker will render that speaker mute, no matter what the
> >> >> >protection circuits are doing.
> >> >>
> >> >> Well, you're just plain wrong.
> >> >
> >> >Define near short and define mute.
> >> >
> >> >It will probably put most amps into current limit.
> >>
> >> But not all................. :-)
> >>
> >> >> >In any case, a super-expensive amp (like that Krell) is an
> >> >> >overpriced item that appeals to suckers.
> >> >
> >> > A Krell KSA will blow that short like a fuse :)  Instant repair.
> >>
> >> Quite so! :-)
> >>
> >> Even if the near short is current-capable, the Krell will still
> >> provide enough current to drive both the short and the speaker. Since
> >> they're in parallel, there won't be any reduction of voltage (and
> >> hence volume) to the speaker. Shame that Howard doesn't understand
> >> this.
> >
> >How can any current be flowing through the speaker? All of
> >it will be passing through the short in parallel.
> 
> That's an absolutely shameful statement to be made by someone who
> calls himself an audio reviewer. Read up on Thevenin and Norton.
> --
> 
> Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering

OK, so the speaker will be making a SMALL amount of sound.
But will that sound be audible if the other channel(s) are
playing at normal levels? In other words, will masking
effects essentially make it seem as if the speaker is not
playing at all?

Howard Ferstler