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<blockquote data-quote="BlackMesa" data-source="post: 2556570" data-attributes="member: 573338">Alright, i&#039;ve narrowed my selection down to two headunits, the Panasonic CQ-C9800U and the Panasonic CQ-C9700u.&nbsp; Both headunits seem to have the same internals and externals except for the internal amp.&nbsp; Both units use a new fancy digital amplifier, which basically means they can pump out a good amount of rms with superb digital quality sound.&nbsp; My only delema is that i want the best sound possible, but don&#039;t wanna risk blowing my speakers.&nbsp; I have two eclipse SE8355&#039;s rated at 30 rms max, and two eclipse SE8375&#039;s rated at 40 rms max.&nbsp; The CQ-C9700u kicks out 26 rms per channel, so i&#039;d be safe going with that.&nbsp; The CQ-C9800U is rated by panasonic to kick out 60 watts rms per channel.&nbsp; However, upon reading the article that made me aware of this techknowledgy, i noticed an editors note saying that according to some new cea-2006 measurement, the headunit actually only kicks out 31 watts rms.&nbsp; The article is here <a href="http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-dmxvbjK4zfa/reviews/20040406/panasonic_cqc9800u.html?page=1" target="_blank">http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-dmxvbjK4zfa/reviews/20040406/panasonic_cqc9800u.html?page=1</a>If you note on page 2 you see the editors note about the rms.&nbsp; My delema is, what if the speakers rms is overrated in the same way the headunit was overrated by panasonic.&nbsp; Should i just play it safe or go for the one that kicks out more?&nbsp; Help would be appreciated //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BlackMesa, post: 2556570, member: 573338"] Alright, i've narrowed my selection down to two headunits, the Panasonic CQ-C9800U and the Panasonic CQ-C9700u. Both headunits seem to have the same internals and externals except for the internal amp. Both units use a new fancy digital amplifier, which basically means they can pump out a good amount of rms with superb digital quality sound. My only delema is that i want the best sound possible, but don't wanna risk blowing my speakers. I have two eclipse SE8355's rated at 30 rms max, and two eclipse SE8375's rated at 40 rms max. The CQ-C9700u kicks out 26 rms per channel, so i'd be safe going with that. The CQ-C9800U is rated by panasonic to kick out 60 watts rms per channel. However, upon reading the article that made me aware of this techknowledgy, i noticed an editors note saying that according to some new cea-2006 measurement, the headunit actually only kicks out 31 watts rms. The article is here [URL="http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-dmxvbjK4zfa/reviews/20040406/panasonic_cqc9800u.html?page=1"]http://www.crutchfieldadvisor.com/S-dmxvbjK4zfa/reviews/20040406/panasonic_cqc9800u.html?page=1[/URL] If you note on page 2 you see the editors note about the rms. My delema is, what if the speakers rms is overrated in the same way the headunit was overrated by panasonic. Should i just play it safe or go for the one that kicks out more? Help would be appreciated [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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