I keep hearing people say Plush amps don have much gain but are capable of lots of volume. I thought gain and volume were the same thing…?
What you’ve heard is sort of correct: Plush amps are theoretically capable of providing some gain, but are definitely capable of providing lots of volume. But what you thought about gain and volume needs a little clarification, because gain and volume are not exactly synonymous. Gain is the amplifying factor of one or several stages of an amplifier, which is applied to the input signal. In an amplifier, the gain is subject to attenuation by means of the signal path’s components. What is referred to as gain in an amp is the overloading of one stage by a preceding stage. Subsequently, a control that can cause this effect is called a Gain control and can affect several stages at once or just a single stage. Volume is the overall loudness of the sound waves put out by the speakers. In an amp, the Volume control is used to attenuate the gain in any stage of the amplifier. This is usually done by means of a variable resistor (i.e., a potentiometer) shunting part or all of the signal to groun
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