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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 1223581" data-attributes="member: 555320">RMS power is not an indication of which is better or louder.&nbsp; It&#039;s just a measure of the maximum continuous power you are recommended to give the speaker without the risk of damage.Don&#039;t use it for a decision making basis.&nbsp; Use it as a guideline of how to power the speaker once you buy it.&nbsp; That&#039;s it.&nbsp; Nothing more, nothing less.Likewise, you are giving to much weight to small power differences.&nbsp; Lets say you bought the 50w RMS speaker, and powered it with 70w RMS.&nbsp; The maximum (theoretical) difference in output between 50w and 70w is 1.46db......which is barely even audible.&nbsp; That small of a power difference isn&#039;t going to make much of an audible difference in actual acoustical output.Efficiency, design, how the RMS power was rated, etc etc is all going to vary speaker to speaker and make it impossible to &quot;compare&quot; them based on a single spec alone.&nbsp; Don&#039;t try to look at one number to decide which is better or louder.....because you can&#039;t do it.&nbsp; Buy the speaker based off of how it sounds and not some arbitrary spec.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 1223581, member: 555320"] RMS power is not an indication of which is better or louder. It's just a measure of the maximum continuous power you are recommended to give the speaker without the risk of damage. Don't use it for a decision making basis. Use it as a guideline of how to power the speaker once you buy it. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. Likewise, you are giving to much weight to small power differences. Lets say you bought the 50w RMS speaker, and powered it with 70w RMS. The maximum (theoretical) difference in output between 50w and 70w is 1.46db......which is barely even audible. That small of a power difference isn't going to make much of an audible difference in actual acoustical output. Efficiency, design, how the RMS power was rated, etc etc is all going to vary speaker to speaker and make it impossible to "compare" them based on a single spec alone. Don't try to look at one number to decide which is better or louder.....because you can't do it. Buy the speaker based off of how it sounds and not some arbitrary spec. [/QUOTE]

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