Damping Factor - Audiophool Series

An Audiophool discovering the damping factor of the Kr-2600 amplifier. Regards AllTheGearNoIdea. Damping factor (DF) is defined as “the ratio of the load impedance (loudspeaker plus wire resistance) to the amplifier internal output impedance.” This basically indicates the amplifier's ability to control overshoot of the loudspeaker, i.e., to stop the cone from moving. In loudspeaker systems, the value of the damping factor between a particular loudspeaker and a particular amplifier describes the ability of the amplifier to control undesirable movement of the speaker cone near the resonant frequency of the speaker system. It is usually used in the context of low-frequency driver behavior, and especially so in the case of electrodynamic drivers, which use a magnetic motor to generate the forces which move the diaphragm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damping... http://eaw.com/amplifier-damping-fact... http://www.hi-fiworld.co.uk/amplifier...