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Harmonic distortion belongs to all amplifiers, loudspeakers and simply all electrical equipment you use. When it comes to audio, the only effect you will hear is a constant resonant low noise if the speakers aren't good at handling harmonic distortion. None of the Bose speakers I have tested so far produce that noise, so you don't have to worry about that.
The so-called "Class-A" amplifier is the configuration with the least distortion. Active stages are biased to operate within the linear portion of their characteristics, and drive is controlled to avoid saturation or cutoff. Any remaining distortion is due exclusively to unavoidable non-linearities in components.
distortion refers to any deviation in any parameter like amplitude,time shape of an electrical signal from an ideal input signal.the distortion occurs due to the inherent non-linear characteristics of the component and devices that form the electronic circuit cause some harmonics to take place in the waveform and resultant deviation is know as harmonic distortion.
Distortion can be caused by many things, and varying levels. Two of the most common are;- Clipping. This is when the amplifier has reached maximum or minimum amplification and causes the wave form, to be flat top and bottom. It squares the waveform and sounds rough. Usually due to the input signal being too high. Harmonic. This is a form of feedback, where the input is receiving signal from the output. Sometimes the amplifier 'rings' at a harmonic of the input and is re-amplified giving a tinny, squeaky, sound. Caused by bad screening or component layout.