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The '''linear range''' is that range of input or output values for which an [[Electronics|electronic]] [[amplifier]] produces an output [[signal (information theory)|signal]] that is a direct, [[linear]] function of the input signal. That is, the output can be represented by the equation:{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}<br />
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:''Output'' = ''Input'' × ''Gain''<br />
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When operating in the linear range, no [[Clipping (audio)|clipping]] occurs. If an amplifier were perfectly linear, no [[distortion]] ([[Total harmonic distortion|harmonic distortion]] or [[intermodulation distortion]]) would occur (although random [[noise]] may still be introduced).<br />
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[[Vacuum tube]] amplifiers tend to exhibit soft clipping; as they approach the maximum possible output value, the gain tends to drop, rounding the tops of the signal [[waveform]]. [[Transistor]] amplifiers, by comparison, tend to produce hard clipping; the gain remains approximately the same until the maximum possible output voltage is reached; at that point, hard clipping occurs and the waveform never exceeds that value. The sharp [[inflection point]]s thus produced in the output waveform tend to have many more high-order [[harmonic]]s. This is alleged to be the basis of the "transistor sound" that some [[audiophile]]s find offensive (although this would not have occurred if they would not have been driving their amplifiers beyond the linear range in the first place).<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Transfer function]]<br />
*[[Audio system measurements]]<br />
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