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Did anyone else find Gene's explanation of power factor misleading ? PF is only one of the things which affect the amount of power you can get out of an outlet -- the other is amplifier efficiency. I thought Gene sort of implied that if you had a 90% power factor you could get 90% of the power potential of the outlet into your speakers, which AFAIK is not the case.

Power factor affects how much power you can get into the amplifier without overloading the house wiring; efficiency is how much of the power going into the amp makes it into the speakers rather than being dissipated as heat, noise, or the blazing light off that little LED in the corner



Actually my point about power factor is valid. The power factor of most amps is usually 70-80%. I was trying to convey that the power supply in the Axiom amp is better than most since it can actually deliver closer to the VA rating of the transformer.

This is of course separate from amp efficiency. As you can see this amp can basically dump its entire power supply into 1 channel - an industry first if I am not mistaken.

Cheers;
Gene DellaSala