FIRST TO LAST WATT

摘要

US audio journalist and designer Dick Olsher is often credited with coining the phrase - and thereby emphasising the importance of - 'the first watt', in recognition of the fact that, at the replay levels most of us use, a power amplifier will be cruising at 1W output or less for much of the time. It's a phrase and concept often used to justify Class A amplifiers and to diss Class B alternatives, on the anecdotal basis that, because of crossover distortion.