How to tell if amp does rated power?

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

Do those Digital hand held o-scopes work good?

I don't like the display on the hand held units. Expect to spend at least $500 on a "budget" hand held o-scope.

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif well forget that then... I wonder if i could ever rent one or find someone with one. Its not really worth it (500.00) to me to know the exact watt my amp starts to clip :|

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

dmm will be good but u gota know how to use it the right way . I would say u need to look at the amp and if its a off name company then u know its not gona put out what it says it will. Im not sayin that the big name companys dont lie a tad but its more then likely gona be the sh ity amps that are way off. You have to look at what the amp does at what volt thats so important now adays. if u can keep your volts up then your gona see alot more power.

You consider Sony an "off name" company?

 

[microhaxo 10+ year member]

Everyone i know frowns upon sony for some reason or another on these forums. It seems like i cant even GIVE away my xm-2200gtx amp that does 500w rms at 4 ohm.. Selling it for 60.00 and no takers, been on craigslist for 2 weeks now without anything.

I might just end up keeping it and build a box for a home theater sub and use the amp to power it.

 

[scoob8000 10+ year member]

Can't help but wonder if some of those budget o-scopes can handle the voltage some of the bigger setups are putting out.

I toyed around with the sound card scope, but at best you can run a couple volts thru before smoking the card. And a 100x probe is too pricey to buy just to toy with. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif