AT>In a message to Jeff Vineburg  Lee Macmillan wrote:
AT>LM>  All the Classics use EL84s.  The 50 watt claim from 4 EL84s is
AT>LM>  probably at 25% distortion or they are being run way too hot (maybe
AT>I've never seen specs for any guitar amp which stated the distortion level 
a
AT>a rated wattage.  What is the percent of distortion, for example, of a 
00W
AT>Marshall at full power?
Don't know but I do know by Peavey Bandit was advertised as an 80 watt
amp.  In the owner's manual, 80 watts was at 10% distortion and it 1%
distortion (usually deemed the onset of clipping), the rating was 65
watts.  At the recommended max plate voltage of 300 v., a pair of EL84s
can dissipate 17 watts.
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