How much power does the amp put out?
• Varies with chip and with amp design. But generally, not much. The largest amp designs are several hundred watts into 4 ohms (at relatively high distortion (e.g., 1%)). High-quality operation (e.g., low distortion and some headroom to account for musical transients) is typically 70% or so of max power. The Tripath chips TA2024, TA2020 and TA2021B are all rated for about the same power. You can expect about 13 watts RMS into 8 ohms. This will vary a little with power supply voltage and current. The Winsome Labs amplifier uses two TP2050 chips for around 40 watts per channel. Apogee, which was bought by ST, made the TP2050 chips. The Virtue TWO uses the DDX2200 power chip which is theoretically capable of more than 200 watts in mono mode. 41Hz has models that use ST power output chips with even higher power.
