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Originally Posted by countingbackwards
I know this is a pretty old thread, but since this thread comes up when I did a google search on the CCQ, I wanted to let you know that I discussed this very issue with Jonathan, and he informed me that the 17.4 W per channel into 4 ohms is the spec for the CC80, not the CCQ. This makes sense of course, since the CC80 is 70 watts into 16 ohms and 35W into 8 ohms, so 17.4 would represent your typical halving of power into half the impedance on a tube amp.
He didn't specify exactly the output of the CCQ into 4 ohms, but said it would "do much better with the 4 ohm dip" that most speakers that would need 70 watts tend to have, as compared with the CC80's performance into those dips.
Just wanted to clear this up, so that the next guy who researches this will get the right info.
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Good to know but the CCQ is also given for 70 W into 16 ohms if I remember correctly. So I don't see why the power available on 4 ohms would be different from the CC80.
Typically you need almost 4 x EL34 ( the correct figure would be a bit more than 3 ) to get the same power of 2 x KT88, no matter if you are in class AB or B. So yes, the CCQ might be a bit more easy on 4 ohms than the CC80.
Indeed the CCQ have no trouble at all driving my Wilsons.
Even in the bass area, they perform much better than my huge McIntosh MC2301's monoblocks !
