AUDIOSOURCE AMP800VS 8-Channel, 4-Zone Distributed Audio Analog Power Amp

many people struggle to understand the differences between an amplifier and a receiver so let's go over the main differences between those two and why someone may want to use an amplifier or a receiver let's start off with explaining what an amplifier does basically it takes an incoming signal amplifies or strengthens that signal and outputs it to drive a speaker now typically an amplifier is not going to have a volume control on it it may have a gain knob GA I in gain and that essentially means when you turn that knob higher it's going to output more power to the speaker it's not the same as volume but similar as to what the outcome is it's important for us to understand that a speaker requires an amplifier in order for it to work no speaker is going to work without some type of amplifier now let's move on to receivers a receiver basically takes an incoming signal processes it amplifie