Listen up kid because this is my only post in response to you. I don't ussually respond to posts when the other person presents themselves like a four year old girl who just had a lollipop stolen from her mouth, but I'll do so now to make a point.
A watt is a watt and I said it in my post. And yes filters, boosts etc "don't mean **** when it comes down to a watt", however, they play a role in getting better sound quality. There is no noob here other than you as is obvious from your post. The only way you can't tell a difference between two amps is if you turn all the features off and the gains all the way down. Who the hell does that and why would you want to? If you take a budget amp with poor filter control and pathetic dB boosts and compare it to a system with better functionability and features you'll probably hear a difference in sound quality. You have a very one track mind of following the "watt is a watt" band wagon just because some dumbass wrote up an article on wattage that makes no sense if you know anything about car audio. Yet, millions of little "ICErs" take what little they understood as word from a god and have no idea how to question it or understand it.