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RE: No!

You miss understood me.

I only used that (the distortion at 1 watt) as one example of the difference between Class A/B (even when the Class A/B amplifier is in the so called "Class A Mode") vs true Class A. There are other reasons.

As Nelson Pass says, ""Higher bias doesn't just move the Class A transition to higher ground - it has a profound influence on the amplifier at ALL POWER LEVELS. It LOWERS THE DISTORTION at LOW LEVELS as well as HIGH LEVELS, as seen in the distortion vs power curves for an amplifier with the bias set at different levels."

Note, "Class A Mode" is a phrase used by Nelson Pass for a Class A/B amplifier operating at low power levels when neither output device reaches cutoff.

While it may be called "Class A Mode" it is not the same as true Class A and that was my point from the beginning. A point that Nelson makes better than I.


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