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<blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 4822174" data-attributes="member: 540940">Sure, if you&#039;re in a lab looking at sine waves.bingowhich is why...Wiki has a pretty good summary of &quot;Peak&quot; power, or PMPOPeak Music Power Output (PMPO) (sometimes misused in advertising as Peak momentary performance output) is a much more dubious measure, of interest more to advertising copy-writers than to consumers. The term PMPO has never been defined in any standard but it is often taken to be the sum of some sort of peak power for each amplifier in a system. Different manufacturers use different definitions, so that the ratio of PMPO to continuous power output varies widely; it is not possible to convert from one to the other.&nbsp; The term PMPO is considered misleading and meaningless by audio professionals. Most amplifiers can sustain their PMPO for only a very short time; loudspeakers are not designed to withstand their stated PMPO for anything but a momentary peak without serious damage. Sometimes the PMPO which can be delivered into an unrealistic resistive load, rather than a real loudspeaker, is quoted. There have been genuine attempts to measure &#039;peak music power&#039; as described below, but in general the term is not at all useful.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="n2audio, post: 4822174, member: 540940"] Sure, if you're in a lab looking at sine waves. bingo which is why... Wiki has a pretty good summary of "Peak" power, or PMPO Peak Music Power Output (PMPO) (sometimes misused in advertising as Peak momentary performance output) is a much more dubious measure, of interest more to advertising copy-writers than to consumers. The term PMPO has never been defined in any standard but it is often taken to be the sum of some sort of peak power for each amplifier in a system. Different manufacturers use different definitions, so that the ratio of PMPO to continuous power output varies widely; it is not possible to convert from one to the other. The term PMPO is considered misleading and meaningless by audio professionals. Most amplifiers can sustain their PMPO for only a very short time; loudspeakers are not designed to withstand their stated PMPO for anything but a momentary peak without serious damage. Sometimes the PMPO which can be delivered into an unrealistic resistive load, rather than a real loudspeaker, is quoted. There have been genuine attempts to measure 'peak music power' as described below, but in general the term is not at all useful. [/QUOTE]

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