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<blockquote data-quote="IASCA pro 301-6" data-source="post: 5574" data-attributes="member: 541179"><p>Another thing to concider in all of this is the fact that "stated" power does not have a specification. Each amp manufacturer is allowed to put anything they want on the specs to sell the amp. We have all see the flea market 700 watt amps for sale for $19.</p><p></p><p>We, as a nation of consumers, do not have a accurate way to measure amplifier output. There are some companies that measure the watts as the total amount of power the amplifier can produce into a resistive load. Read this RESISTIVE LOAD, not a speaker necessarily. So, you have amp A who runs as much freakin' distorted crap power as they can through a huge bank of ceramic resistors until they flame, and they say thier amp puts out 1,000 watts RMS. Big deal, this tells you absolutely nothing about how it sounds.</p><p></p><p>Listen to many amps and listen to them with your speakers sets...the good will always come through.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IASCA pro 301-6, post: 5574, member: 541179"] Another thing to concider in all of this is the fact that "stated" power does not have a specification. Each amp manufacturer is allowed to put anything they want on the specs to sell the amp. We have all see the flea market 700 watt amps for sale for $19. We, as a nation of consumers, do not have a accurate way to measure amplifier output. There are some companies that measure the watts as the total amount of power the amplifier can produce into a resistive load. Read this RESISTIVE LOAD, not a speaker necessarily. So, you have amp A who runs as much freakin' distorted crap power as they can through a huge bank of ceramic resistors until they flame, and they say thier amp puts out 1,000 watts RMS. Big deal, this tells you absolutely nothing about how it sounds. Listen to many amps and listen to them with your speakers sets...the good will always come through. [/QUOTE]
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