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<blockquote data-quote="sundownz" data-source="post: 5424769" data-attributes="member: 549523">Thats the thing... at least I and a few others are offering you assistance for accurate testing. Using peak hold on both numbers does not provide you with any form of accurate data - it isn&#039;t real peak power nor is it RMS power, it does not correspond to any real power achieved at any point in time in any form of measure as the measurements are taken at different time periods (current and voltage don&#039;t peak at the same time).You can generally compare to your own testing on other amps - unless for some reason one amp may throw up a huge peak voltage or something that your meter catches that doesn&#039;t really correspond to anything.For example... I was testing a prototype today and a burst well over 100 volts popped up right away but settled down to 80 volts just a second later, and remained there pretty much indefinitely - it was the real voltage. A peak hold would catch 100 volts.I&#039;d use just a raw TL figure in your case to decide which amp is best - that is fine for you as that is your concern. But alot of people look at your sort of testing when buying an amp - I think many of us are just helping to assure these people know what a real power figure is //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gifBut anyway - the Cactus looks like a solid amp //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sundownz, post: 5424769, member: 549523"] Thats the thing... at least I and a few others are offering you assistance for accurate testing. Using peak hold on both numbers does not provide you with any form of accurate data - it isn't real peak power nor is it RMS power, it does not correspond to any real power achieved at any point in time in any form of measure as the measurements are taken at different time periods (current and voltage don't peak at the same time). You can generally compare to your own testing on other amps - unless for some reason one amp may throw up a huge peak voltage or something that your meter catches that doesn't really correspond to anything. For example... I was testing a prototype today and a burst well over 100 volts popped up right away but settled down to 80 volts just a second later, and remained there pretty much indefinitely - it was the real voltage. A peak hold would catch 100 volts. I'd use just a raw TL figure in your case to decide which amp is best - that is fine for you as that is your concern. But alot of people look at your sort of testing when buying an amp - I think many of us are just helping to assure these people know what a real power figure is [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] But anyway - the Cactus looks like a solid amp [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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