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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8577945" data-attributes="member: 614752">The cheater ratings are all but gone.... at least extreme examples like the Audio Art, HCCA, and similar.&nbsp; The point being amps with robust power supply will double power each time you halve impedance down to their lowest rated point, cheaper amps that skimp there won&#039;t actually gain so much.&nbsp;&nbsp; 400@ 4 ohm, 750&nbsp; 2 ohm, 1300 @ 1 ohm sort of thing whereas the better ones would do 800 and 1600 respectively.&nbsp; Actual numbers may vary, but you get the point.Of course the most famous examples of &quot;cheater&quot; amps just flat out lied, so it&#039;s all semantics, and most orgs have moved away from manufacturer power ratings to determine classes or have provisions to reclassify anything questionable.&nbsp; AND competition really isn&#039;t the driving force of the industry the way it used to be.&nbsp; More and more people care less and less about what the manufacturer says (high or low) so long as they know what it&#039;ll do and it&#039;s perceived as a good value.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8577945, member: 614752"] The cheater ratings are all but gone.... at least extreme examples like the Audio Art, HCCA, and similar. The point being amps with robust power supply will double power each time you halve impedance down to their lowest rated point, cheaper amps that skimp there won't actually gain so much. 400@ 4 ohm, 750 2 ohm, 1300 @ 1 ohm sort of thing whereas the better ones would do 800 and 1600 respectively. Actual numbers may vary, but you get the point. Of course the most famous examples of "cheater" amps just flat out lied, so it's all semantics, and most orgs have moved away from manufacturer power ratings to determine classes or have provisions to reclassify anything questionable. AND competition really isn't the driving force of the industry the way it used to be. More and more people care less and less about what the manufacturer says (high or low) so long as they know what it'll do and it's perceived as a good value. [/QUOTE]

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