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<blockquote data-quote="newusername" data-source="post: 4707812" data-attributes="member: 562064">RF is just playing fast and loose with their ratings.&nbsp; Generally speaking, the term RMS Power (although there is no such thing) refers to a continuous sine wave output.&nbsp; RF&#039;s amplifiers using their &quot;Hybrid&quot; technology are nothing more than amplifiers with large® banks of capacitors.&nbsp; These help provide the specified power during musical transients, but longer duration output will empty the capacitors, lower the power output, and greatly reduce efficiency.&nbsp; I showed some of the preliminary math on this in another thread.You can&#039;t make power out of nothing; while the instantaneous current draw is low, the average current draw is still about the same as all other amplifiers of this topology.Honestly, I find it offensive that RF continues to hang on to these erroneous claims.&nbsp; They are lucky they have many years of brand power that make such bs marketing acceptable to some.edit: According to RF the last time I looked, the T15kW never draws more than 350A of current; have they changed their literature, Jacob?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="newusername, post: 4707812, member: 562064"] RF is just playing fast and loose with their ratings. Generally speaking, the term RMS Power (although there is no such thing) refers to a continuous sine wave output. RF's amplifiers using their "Hybrid" technology are nothing more than amplifiers with large® banks of capacitors. These help provide the specified power during musical transients, but longer duration output will empty the capacitors, lower the power output, and greatly reduce efficiency. I showed some of the preliminary math on this in another thread. You can't make power out of nothing; while the instantaneous current draw is low, the average current draw is still about the same as all other amplifiers of this topology. Honestly, I find it offensive that RF continues to hang on to these erroneous claims. They are lucky they have many years of brand power that make such bs marketing acceptable to some. edit: According to RF the last time I looked, the T15kW never draws more than 350A of current; have they changed their literature, Jacob? [/QUOTE]

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