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<blockquote data-quote="Jeremiah25" data-source="post: 2972425" data-attributes="member: 570469"><p>Approximately is the key word in the statement you just made. Think about this: He has a Brutus amp. I have NEVER tested a Brutus amp that made it&#039;s rated power at it&#039;s rated % distortion level. On an Audio Precision test bench the Brutus amps are typically 15% over rated at 1% distortion and 14.4 volts, which drops that amp down to approx 1700 watts. The OP stated that he did not have a sufficient electrical system, so you know the amp is not seeing 14.4 volts. Probably more like 11 volts. If the voltage drop was bad enough to drop to 11 volts, the output of the amp would theoretically drop to around 1200 watts from the 1700 watts. So if you apply your DMM gain setting theory you would normally shoot for 44.7 AC volts for a 2000 watt amp, but in this application it is likely that&nbsp; 1% distortion will be reached at 34.6 AC volts.&nbsp; Attempting to reach 44.7 volts will result in a highly clipped signal. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Jeremiah25, post: 2972425, member: 570469"] Approximately is the key word in the statement you just made. Think about this: He has a Brutus amp. I have NEVER tested a Brutus amp that made it's rated power at it's rated % distortion level. On an Audio Precision test bench the Brutus amps are typically 15% over rated at 1% distortion and 14.4 volts, which drops that amp down to approx 1700 watts. The OP stated that he did not have a sufficient electrical system, so you know the amp is not seeing 14.4 volts. Probably more like 11 volts. If the voltage drop was bad enough to drop to 11 volts, the output of the amp would theoretically drop to around 1200 watts from the 1700 watts. So if you apply your DMM gain setting theory you would normally shoot for 44.7 AC volts for a 2000 watt amp, but in this application it is likely that 1% distortion will be reached at 34.6 AC volts. Attempting to reach 44.7 volts will result in a highly clipped signal. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif[/IMG][IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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