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Re:Sony Android TVs waste 25W in standby due to built-in Goo... by pcdoodle on Sunday September 18, 2022 @02:38PM (#32890168)
For sure!

I found a pioneer amp that sucked 200W sitting there doing nothing. No increase when volume was turned up either. I compared to an older 1970s model that started at 3w and went up from there with the volume.

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Re:Sony Android TVs waste 25W in standby due to built-in Goo... by HailTheGreenOne on Sunday September 18, 2022 @04:33PM (#32891240)
That's a difference between class A and B amplifiers. The former draw the same power all the time but are very linear, the latter don't consume much power at idle in exchange for small harmonic distortion.
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