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<blockquote data-quote="audioholic" data-source="post: 6497549" data-attributes="member: 549629">Geography plays no role in speaker power handling. And, your logic is that since you use peak power ratings to advertise your Alpine subs, you feel the need to use peak power ratings to advertise your HC. IMO part of a local shop owner&#039;s responsibility (and opportunity to gain trust of local customers) is to educate. That is a self-created problem on your part, not Alpine&#039;s or your customers&#039;. Stating peak power ratings does not educate, it perpetuates a common misconception within this hobby/industry.The enclosure is not the key to every power rating. Speaker power handling should be view in two portions, thermal and mechanical limits. Power ratings from the manufacturer are almost exclusively thermal limits, as the manufacturer has no idea what size/type/alignment enclosure their speakers will be placed in. Thermal ratings on the other hand are based on sheer heat absorption and dissipation, something the manufacturer has a lot of control over, and which the enclosure affects little. Mechanical limits, as in how much power the speaker can handle before reaching xmech, is what is heavily dictated by the enclosure, and has very little to do with advertised power ratings.17 years, and its still never too late to learn something. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="audioholic, post: 6497549, member: 549629"] Geography plays no role in speaker power handling. And, your logic is that since you use peak power ratings to advertise your Alpine subs, you feel the need to use peak power ratings to advertise your HC. IMO part of a local shop owner's responsibility (and opportunity to gain trust of local customers) is to educate. That is a self-created problem on your part, not Alpine's or your customers'. Stating peak power ratings does not educate, it perpetuates a common misconception within this hobby/industry. The enclosure is not the key to every power rating. Speaker power handling should be view in two portions, thermal and mechanical limits. Power ratings from the manufacturer are almost exclusively thermal limits, as the manufacturer has no idea what size/type/alignment enclosure their speakers will be placed in. Thermal ratings on the other hand are based on sheer heat absorption and dissipation, something the manufacturer has a lot of control over, and which the enclosure affects little. Mechanical limits, as in how much power the speaker can handle before reaching xmech, is what is heavily dictated by the enclosure, and has very little to do with advertised power ratings. 17 years, and its still never too late to learn something. [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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