Class A bias of 3BSST and 4BSST

J North · « **on:** 3 Nov 2003, 06:14 am »

does anyone know how many watts of Class-A power these two amps put out before switching to class B?

Thanks!

James Tanner · « **Reply #1 on:** 8 Nov 2003, 12:34 am »

Will forward to engineering for you on this one.

james

James Tanner · « **Reply #2 on:** 11 Nov 2003, 09:09 pm »

Hi;

The Class-A output prior to Class AB for a 3B SST is about 1.5 Watts. On a 4B SST it's around 2.5 to 3 Watts.

Btw, these amps don't ever switch to 'Class B', they always have some bias running. The distortion typically runs in the low thousandths of a percent at 20K at any power level below clipping.

Hope this helps!

Chris Russell, writing for James Tanner