What does volume do?

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  • 12-13-2003, 01:22 PM
    joel2762
    What does volume do?
    When you turn that volume knob, what's actually happening? The amount of power given to the amp changes, or what?
  • 12-13-2003, 03:32 PM
    Geoffcin
    Skeptic can probably give you a more indepth answer, but in essence the volume controls the amount of current going to the amplifier.
  • 12-13-2003, 04:13 PM
    Kursun
    A volume control is basically a voltage divider.

    It controls the amount of voltage that is passed from the preamp section to the power amp section.

    Since voltage is a component of power (P=V*I or P=V*V/R), power is also controlled, by the square of the signal voltage (for a given Rspeaker impedance).

    You can think of volume control as a faucet that controls the output of a water reserve.
  • 12-14-2003, 01:30 AM
    F1
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Geoffcin
    Skeptic can probably give you a more indepth answer, but in essence the volume controls the amount of current going to the amplifier.
    This is the link
    http://forums.audioreview.com/showth...p?threadid=285
  • 12-14-2003, 04:00 AM
    Geoffcin
    Hi F1,

    Thanks for digging that up. As there more and more posts on the board, there's so much more value added to being a member.
  • 12-16-2003, 10:44 AM
    joel2762
    Thanks
    Thanks alot. I get it now :)