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.... There is spacious and reveals a wealth of high frequencies that exist among amplifiers despite similar specifications. AMMON xmockor„ PtAiswe..*** 'Kat The Citation 16 (series A) will realize the full potential of handling any loudspeaker. Harman Kardon has improved an already superb power amplifier. About the sonic differences that complements the tightly controlled solidity of distortion...
.... There is spacious and reveals a wealth of high frequencies that exist among amplifiers despite similar specifications. AMMON xmockor„ PtAiswe..*** 'Kat The Citation 16 (series A) will realize the full potential of handling any loudspeaker. Harman Kardon has improved an already superb power amplifier. About the sonic differences that complements the tightly controlled solidity of distortion...
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Class B is an efficient mode of operation, but a form of transistor amplifiers. Extending class A operation greatly reduces audible crossover distortion. Crossover distortion has been identified as a prime cause of harshness ...power levels. In the Citation 16 (series A) the transition between class A and class B operation takes place at 2.5 watts17dB below full output. Citation 16 r7 3 C) O 0 IMM HEM ZEM WM L ,- -j_=1 1 Crossover distortion (enlarged) Citation 16 (series A) L 0.1 watt output Crossover Distortion Most transistor power amplifiers are designed for class AB...
Class B is an efficient mode of operation, but a form of transistor amplifiers. Extending class A operation greatly reduces audible crossover distortion. Crossover distortion has been identified as a prime cause of harshness ...power levels. In the Citation 16 (series A) the transition between class A and class B operation takes place at 2.5 watts17dB below full output. Citation 16 r7 3 C) O 0 IMM HEM ZEM WM L ,- -j_=1 1 Crossover distortion (enlarged) Citation 16 (series A) L 0.1 watt output Crossover Distortion Most transistor power amplifiers are designed for class AB...
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The result is audible as a harshness similar to that produced by crossover distortion. The Citation 16 reduced TIM to amplifier circuits. i0 ;)0 10 Transient Intermodulation Distortion One of the major developments in high fidelity design was the discovery of the ...distortion (TIM). lanai awl% 0 -- 00 -- 70 11( 5,000 Hz 10,0001 1z •equency in I lerilZ 15,0001-1z Citation 16 (series A) Under the same test conditions, Citation 16 (series A) TIM components are better than -80dB below full output. 0- TIM is a self-regulating, distortion reducing process. p ui ...
The result is audible as a harshness similar to that produced by crossover distortion. The Citation 16 reduced TIM to amplifier circuits. i0 ;)0 10 Transient Intermodulation Distortion One of the major developments in high fidelity design was the discovery of the ...distortion (TIM). lanai awl% 0 -- 00 -- 70 11( 5,000 Hz 10,0001 1z •equency in I lerilZ 15,0001-1z Citation 16 (series A) Under the same test conditions, Citation 16 (series A) TIM components are better than -80dB below full output. 0- TIM is a self-regulating, distortion reducing process. p ui ...
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... circuit design and additional driver transistor heat-sinking. The result is a refined, high power amplifier that have better tracking abilities than the single transistors used in the Citation 16. It adds extended class A operation, low feedback design and discrete components throughout. Bias...been improved through use of Darlington transistors which have always been associated with Citation components: twin-power, wide bandwidth, unexcelled square wave response, phase linearity and heavy-duty construction. The Citation 16 (series A) possesses the qualities that listens as well as it ...
... circuit design and additional driver transistor heat-sinking. The result is a refined, high power amplifier that have better tracking abilities than the single transistors used in the Citation 16. It adds extended class A operation, low feedback design and discrete components throughout. Bias...been improved through use of Darlington transistors which have always been associated with Citation components: twin-power, wide bandwidth, unexcelled square wave response, phase linearity and heavy-duty construction. The Citation 16 (series A) possesses the qualities that listens as well as it ...