Damping Factor of an amplifier, the way we see it. 

Great post, thank you! Really clear explanation of the topic

My own observations with speakers I’ve owned is that I didn’t much care for amps that boasted very high damping factors- ie, 400 or more. Over 100 is plenty, I found

When I go to a live performance of an orchestra , the first thing I listen to is the damping factor, the soundstage and the signal to noise ratio....

Something that almost all discussions of damping factor overlook: the DC resistance of the voice coil is in series with the output impedance of the amp. This is typically about 60% of the nominal impedance of the speaker, of 5 ohms for an 8 ohm speaker. Given that 5 ohms is always present, it matters very little what the output impedance of the amp is unless it adds materially to that 5 ohm baseline. There is almost no difference in actual damping between and amp with 1/2 ohm of output impedance and an amp with 0.008 ohms of output impedance, even though the damping factor is 16 for one amp, and 1000 for the other. 😢

Great video!!!! Very educational!!!

Nice one, George..!

All these flavors of signal manipulation are simply so many forms of Gross distortions that muck up what is possible with ultimate level realism in audio reproduction. It's scary so many believe that monkeying with the signal is somehow Good for the end result. Distortions are Audible and Measurable if you have the thought to look past all the JOKER LEVEL MEASUREMENTS that are fed to the masses. Discernment matters or you simply become the victim you deserve to be of all the excuses made for inferior results