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I see many people using the phrase "impedance load" here. This is NOT a correct phrase, it is either impedance OR load. They are the same and at the same time, VERY different. To use both is similar to saying "PIN Number". Personal Identification Number number... "ATM Machine". Automated Teller Machine machine... "The department of redundancy department".

Please stop doing it! impedance vs load terminology -- posted image.

The phrase is impedance, referring to the electrical load PRESENTED BY the speaker to the amplifier or load (definition 12), the electrical load SEEN BY the amplifer and an indicator of how much work the amplifier is expected to do, but PLEASE not both!

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Posted: September 02, 2008 at 10:17 AM / IP Logged

wrong side of bed = haemphyst

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It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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why not just leave it be and flame the redundanters lol

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...picky, picky, picky...

oops! redundancy. impedance vs load terminology -- posted image.

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stevdart wrote:

...picky, picky, picky...

oops! redundancy. impedance vs load terminology -- posted image.

Dave nods in agreeance! impedance vs load terminology -- posted image.

It all reminds me of something that Molière once said to Guy de Maupassant at a café in Vienna: "That's nice. You should write it down."

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Also from the Department of Redundancy Department, do you nod in disagreement? impedance vs load terminology -- posted image.

haemphyst wrote:

Dave nods in agreeance! impedance vs load terminology -- posted image.

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So load is power while impedance is resistance. In either case I have a lovely bunch of coconuts.

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Ooh, ooh! I found a way to use them both in a sentence!

'the impedance curve of the load.' -Does that work?

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yeah, imma have to second that one impedance vs load terminology -- posted image.

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