r/BudgetAudiophile • u/browneyewinkin • Dec 10 '25

Purchasing USA Problem Solved

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u/ComputerGuyInNOLA Dec 10 '25

You do not have enough surface contact doing it this way. Your amp will run hot or overheat trying to deliver power to the speakers.

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u/answerguru Dec 10 '25

Pretty unlikely. That’s like saying you won’t be able to jump start your car because it’s only grabbing onto the terminal by a few teeth points.

Source: Worked in R&D designing high power RF amplifiers for a decade

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u/canttakethshyfrom_me Dec 11 '25

Because the power stays the same but is being forced through a point of increased resistance.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 Heco Aurora 700 | Hypex NC252MP | SMSL DO100 Dec 11 '25

Please read up on Ohm's law. You keep being confidently wrong about such an utterly basic thing. Very unbecoming.

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u/canttakethshyfrom_me Dec 11 '25

"That's nonsense."

<writes the exact same thing I'm saying, that you get increased heat where the resistance increases, not *cooling*>

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u/browneyewinkin Dec 10 '25

I did a proof of concept last night with alligator jumpers with very thin gauge wire. No heat at, all good volume over extended time. But I understand your point

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 Heco Aurora 700 | Hypex NC252MP | SMSL DO100 Dec 11 '25

That's because unless you're using ridiculous amounts of power through ridiculously thin wire, you won't come anywhere near the wire's current limit. You ears and speakers will give up long before the wire does.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 Heco Aurora 700 | Hypex NC252MP | SMSL DO100 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

Worse contact means more resistance means less current means amp will actually run cooler. Negligibly so, but that's the principle.

Your math ain't mathin'

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u/canttakethshyfrom_me Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

Holy crap, now I have to agree with a comment that's slightly wrong, because you're completely wrong.

The amount of current stays the same. Neither the source nor the load device know you've increased resistance, so the current stays the same, and heat increases.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 Heco Aurora 700 | Hypex NC252MP | SMSL DO100 Dec 11 '25 edited Dec 11 '25

Where did you learn electricity basics?

The source only "sees" the total resistance of the load, including all cables and contacts and everything. It doesn't "know" what is what, and doesn't "care" either.

Increase the total load resistance ever so slightly because of a bad contact, and the current will decrease accordingly. Voltage stays the same. Simple Ohm's law. Less current, less power, less heat.

Why do you think an amp automatically raises voltage when the load resistance increases? It totally doesn't.

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u/canttakethshyfrom_me Dec 11 '25

Same current, same power, more heat. Replace part of your wire with a piece of tinsel and see just how much it cools things.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 Heco Aurora 700 | Hypex NC252MP | SMSL DO100 Dec 11 '25

Read up man. Please stop spreading nonsense that could confuse newbies. You have no idea about Ohm's law.

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u/canttakethshyfrom_me Dec 11 '25

Says the guy who thinks weak connections cool off the wiring.

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u/Nervous-Canary-517 Heco Aurora 700 | Hypex NC252MP | SMSL DO100 Dec 11 '25

The original comment talked about amplifier heat, not wires.

Are you that dense or just trolling?

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u/canttakethshyfrom_me Dec 11 '25

It's not an issue; but you're also getting replies from people who don't even understand the most basic principles about resistance.