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    Damping factor refers to an amplifier's ability to control unwanted vibrations in loudspeakers after an audio signal has stopped. When a loudspeaker vibrates, it generates a back EMF signal that travels back to the amplifier and counteracts the speaker's motion. The lower the amplifier's output impedance relative to the speaker's impedance, the higher the damping factor. This allows the back EMF to more effectively "dampen" the speaker's vibrations. A high damping factor above 1000 provides tighter bass and prevents sounds from becoming boomy as the speaker rings. Crown amplifiers are designed with high damping factors to deliver clean, well-controlled bass and drum sounds without extra vibrations coloring the audio.

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    Damping factor refers to an amplifier's ability to control unwanted vibrations in loudspeakers after an audio signal has stopped. When a loudspeaker vibrates, it generates a back EMF signal that travels back to the amplifier and counteracts the speaker's motion. The lower the amplifier's output impedance relative to the speaker's impedance, the higher the damping factor. This allows the back EMF to more effectively "dampen" the speaker's vibrations. A high damping factor above 1000 provides tighter bass and prevents sounds from becoming boomy as the speaker rings. Crown amplifiers are designed with high damping factors to deliver clean, well-controlled bass and drum sounds without extra vibrations coloring the audio.

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    Damping factor refers to an amplifier's ability to control unwanted vibrations in loudspeakers after an audio signal has stopped. When a loudspeaker vibrates, it generates a back EMF signal that travels back to the amplifier and counteracts the speaker's motion. The lower the amplifier's output impedance relative to the speaker's impedance, the higher the damping factor. This allows the back EMF to more effectively "dampen" the speaker's vibrations. A high damping factor above 1000 provides tighter bass and prevents sounds from becoming boomy as the speaker rings. Crown amplifiers are designed with high damping factors to deliver clean, well-controlled bass and drum sounds without extra vibrations coloring the audio.

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    Te c h M a d e S i m p l e

    DAMPING FACTOR

    What It Is How It Works

    Loudspeakers have a mind of their own. You send them a signal How does an amplifier control speaker motion? When the loud-
    and they add their own twist to it. They keep on vibrating after the speaker cone vibrates, it acts like a microphone, generating a signal
    signal has stopped, due to inertia. That’s called “ringing” or “time from its voice coil. This signal generated by the speaker is called
    smearing.” back EMF (back Electro Motive Force). It creates a current which
    travels through the speaker cable back into the amplifier output, then
    In other words, the speaker produces sound waves that are not part returns to the speaker. Since back EMF is in opposite polarity with
    of the original signal. the speaker’s motion, back EMF impedes or damps the speaker’s
    ringing.
    Suppose the incoming signal is a “tight” kick drum with a short
    attack and decay in its signal envelope. When the kick-drum signal The smaller the amp’s output impedance, the greater is the effect
    stops, the speaker continues to vibrate. The cone bounces back and of back EMF on the speaker’s motion. An amplifier with low output
    forth in its suspension. So that nice, snappy kick drum turns into impedance short-circuits the back EMF, so the back EMF drives the
    a boomy throb. loudspeaker with a relatively strong current that works against the
    speaker’s motion. When the speaker cone moves out, the back EMF
    Fortunately, a power amplifier can exert control over the loud- pulls the speaker in, and vice versa.
    speaker and reduce ringing. Damping is the ability of a power
    amplifier to control loudspeaker motion. It’s measured in In short, the loudspeaker damps itself through the amplifier output
    Damping Factor, which is load impedance divided by amplifier circuitry. The lower the impedance of that output circuitry, the more
    output impedance. Let’s explain. the back EMF can control the speaker’s ringing.

    If the speaker impedance is 8 ohms, and the amplifier output To prove it to yourself, take a woofer that is not connected to
    impedance is 0.01 ohms, the damping factor is 800. That’s a anything. Put your ear next to the cone and tap on it. You might
    simplication. Since the speaker impedance and amplifier output hear a low-pitched “bongggg” if the speaker itself is poorly damped.
    impedance vary with frequency, so does the damping factor. Also, Now short the speaker terminals and tap again. You should hear a
    the impedance of the speaker cable affects damping. Thick cables tighter thump.
    (with low AWG) allow more damping than thin cables with (high
    AWG). Damping factor varies with frequency. As you might suspect, damp-
    ing factor is most important at low frequencies, say 10 Hz to 400
    The lower the amplifier’s output impedance, the higher the damping Hz. For example, in the Crown 2-channel CTs power amplifiers, the
    factor, and the tighter the sound is. A damping factor of 1000 or damping factor is well over 3000 from 10 Hz to 1 kHz.
    greater is considered high. High damping factor equals tight bass.

    BOTTOM LINE: All Crown amplifiers are designed to have high damping
    factor. That’s why you can count on Crown amps to
    deliver clean, tight kick drum and bass.

    ©2003 by Crown Audio, Inc.


    P.O. Box 1000, Elkhart, Indiana 46515-1000 USA Tel: 574-294-8000
    136224-1 2/03

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