impedance vs load terminology
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Topic: impedance vs load terminology
Posted By: haemphyst
Subject: impedance vs load terminology
Date Posted: September 02, 2008 at 9:52 AM
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!
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!
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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."
Please stop doing it!
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!
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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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Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 02, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: September 02, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: September 02, 2008 at 2:18 PM
Posted By: stevdart
Date Posted: September 02, 2008 at 8:38 PM
...picky, picky, picky...
oops! redundancy. 
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: September 02, 2008 at 9:27 PM
stevdart wrote:
...picky, picky, picky...
oops! redundancy.
Dave nods in agreeance!
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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."
Posted By: DYohn
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 3:51 PM
Also from the Department of Redundancy Department, do you nod in disagreement? 
haemphyst wrote:
Dave nods in agreeance!
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Posted By: reax222
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 6:32 PM
Posted By: spookiestylez
Date Posted: September 03, 2008 at 10:21 PM
yeah, imma have to second that one 
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RTFM
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Posted By: haemphyst
Date Posted: September 04, 2008 at 10:11 AM
jmelton86 wrote:
Ooh, ooh! I found a way to use them both in a sentence!
'the impedance curve of the load.' -Does that work?
Good try...
That's fine, because you are referring to the two as two separate entities, an impedance curve, and a load, NOT as "impedance load", such as "one ohm impedance load". THIS is where I have the issues.
They CAN be used together in one sentence, but not together, describing one thing.
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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."
Posted By: jmelton86
Date Posted: September 05, 2008 at 1:00 AM