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Title: Ceriatone amps putting out more wattage than their clones? Post by: mountain2012 on October 01, 2012, 06:57:24 AM I purchased a JCM800 2204 50w Ceriatone clone a while ago. What is the chance it's putting out more than 50 watts clean or ~70 watts when pushed?
I would like to know because I like to carefully match amp wattage and speaker wattage ratings. (Is clone the right word?) thanks Title: Re: Ceriatone amps putting out more wattage than their clones? Post by: plasticvonaband on October 01, 2012, 07:06:00 AM It may be putting out more than an original, just due to the internals being new, the main caps, and such.
Title: Re: Ceriatone amps putting out more wattage than their clones? Post by: mountain2012 on October 01, 2012, 06:25:34 PM How about comparing a new Ceriatone to a new JCM800?
Title: Re: Ceriatone amps putting out more wattage than their clones? Post by: wyatt on October 01, 2012, 06:55:35 PM 50 watts RMS means that it can provide 50 steady, continuous watts without fail. But it is capable of peaking repeatedly at 70-80 watts or so, it just can sustain output above ~50 watts.
Put it can start peaking at over 50 watts real early, as soon as 3 on the Master Volume (Preamp Volume dependent). So, a 50-watt Marshall could blow two old 25 watt greenbacks/blackbacks (which had a 25-watt maximum capacity...as do some clones like 25-watt Scumbacks) before you get to 4 up the volume dial. Rule of thumb is you would pair a 50-watt tube amp with a 100-watt speaker load. |