Linears: Tell me what I need to know before I buy

Yeah I know never knew that much about a ab amp other than they take a really low deadkey like all Texas star amps

 

It's kind of hard to generalize.
How much carrier is required to drive the amplifier is determined by the number of transistors in the amplifier and how those transistors are biased.

 

If a class c amp is set up correctly you can hammer a straight 4/6 or 8 pill watt wise till you cannot hammer it anymore the radio is pushing the amp. No 2290's pushing anything... my radio be it my magnum or 4600 turbo. Will pop the breaker before it will damage my amp... class a/b amp usually a cobra 29 General Lee or magnum s series the amp uses 2 2290 pills driving 8 2879's the amp is doing all the work---------class c straight 4/6 or 8-----radios driving amp. Most power hungery bird watt happy fools actually can do overdrive amps. No breaker or in line fuse in place..... its marshmallows and Weenie roast time. Look at that truck dad now that's a fire !!!!!

 

Class ab amps always use a very low deadkey aka Texas star..... class c 15/20 watts is all that's needed for the radio to swing what it's got into the amp.....

 

Every amplifier has limitations and you need to stay within those limitations.
there is always a mathematically correct way of doing things.

 

That is not true. To make that determination you need to look at the transistor manufacturer input specifications
and multiply that number by the amount of transistors. You can't just plug a random number into the equation and get your desired number out of the equation.
There is always a mathematically correct way of doing things and that just gets you in the ballpark.

 

There is math involved

 

You guys are really something else.

Half of what is posted is wrong, the other half is not easy to explain and even the third half lacks anything to back it up.

 

there Ya go right outta a book or some video you watched... you want to know one of the real best techs around talk to Robert at clays he actually does all 3 three things a so called tech should be able to do repairs hack job radios all day long-----sets swrs with a rig expert and installs amps/linears .... what works works there buddy boy your Still talking about Toshiba pills in most amps that are supposedly good for 100 watts rms per pill and double that on bird.. whatever why bother talking to a guy who blew up a amp I never have and he shows you the amp on here he blew up.... what a turd that thing was to look at...