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<blockquote data-quote="qtipextra" data-source="post: 2835179" data-attributes="member: 555270">Technically speaking, RMS (Root Mean Square) is an average of all the points on the sine wave. If you look at a sine wave, it has a peak (the highest point of the wave), and also a peak-to-peak value (Highest point to lowest point, which is twice the peak value). The RMS value is exactly .707 times the peak value of the sine wave. It is NOT half of the peak value, like a lot of people think, and amp manufactures try to advertise.So, to put this in perspective, when that amp says 3600 peak, you times that by .707, and that = 2545.2 watts RMS.What a lot of people don&#039;t know is that an amp actually does put out xxxx watts peak, it is just not measured as peak, it is measured as an average, or RMS, when in use. Basically, you can go by the peak rating as long as you have an o-scope or similar instrument to measure the peak voltage of the wave. But when most people see 3000 peak, they hook up their DMM (which measures RMS, not peak) and try to get it up to 3000 RMS, and it&#039;s not going to be good. People confuse the max rating (which is supposed to mean the highest point of the wave) for a maximum RMS.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="qtipextra, post: 2835179, member: 555270"] Technically speaking, RMS (Root Mean Square) is an average of all the points on the sine wave. If you look at a sine wave, it has a peak (the highest point of the wave), and also a peak-to-peak value (Highest point to lowest point, which is twice the peak value). The RMS value is exactly .707 times the peak value of the sine wave. It is NOT half of the peak value, like a lot of people think, and amp manufactures try to advertise. So, to put this in perspective, when that amp says 3600 peak, you times that by .707, and that = 2545.2 watts RMS. What a lot of people don't know is that an amp actually [B]does[/B] put out xxxx watts peak, it is just not measured as peak, it is measured as an average, or RMS, when in use. Basically, you can go by the peak rating as long as you have an o-scope or similar instrument to measure the peak voltage of the wave. But when most people see 3000 peak, they hook up their DMM (which measures RMS, not peak) and try to get it up to 3000 RMS, and it's not going to be good. People confuse the max rating (which is supposed to mean the highest point of the wave) for a maximum RMS. [/QUOTE]

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