this installer deserves to be UNinstalled from car audio with this story he told me..

[dkc62 10+ year member]

I am teh win for quoting myself

I am teh win

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[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

ummmm, no?
Peak or "crest" Voltage will yeild 2 times as much power as the Root Mean Squared (RMS) or "Average" voltage, yes. However, if the amp is rated at say 10v RMS into a 1ohm *note* load that means that it has an "average" power output of 100w with a true sine wave into the given nominal impeadance

*Note* you dont actually have RMS wattage, just voltage, but since power is directly proportional to voltage it is understood that 'RMS' wattage means that the amp can sustain the RMS voltage to sustain the given wattage at that particualr load

If you see an amplifier rated at 100w RMS its peak power ouput will be 200w RMS

just like if you see a sub with a rating of 100w RMS its peak rating should be 200w RMS. OR visaversa, a 200w peak sub SHOULD be able to handle 100w RMS. Except for in the instance that the company rates as a matter of peak RMS for burps and constnant RMS power. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Companies are all out to confuse n00bx's.

this, however, is 100% true.

oh ok, it would be weird havin amp companies state their amps power at 24.5 volts per channel at 4 ohms when that is really 150 watts. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif rms has always confused me and now i think i finally get it.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

just like on my digital multimeter it said that the AC voltage on the display reads rms voltage or average response, same thing as "rms".

 

[Armageddon66 10+ year member]

yea that guy needs to be shot for keepin straight face and saying that... then the guy who hired him should be next...

 

[45auto 10+ year member]

yes, 200+dbs is possible.194 is the sinusoidal limit of air, the point at which it transforms into shockwaves.

oh yeah, and tcabs 1 type r 10.

Yeah, I was going to say that, except for the "sinusoidal" word in there... Don't know too much about that, but here's a cool site, with sound pressure levels, and conditions that would produce, such a sound pressure...

Such as:

100 'dB' NORMAL AVERAGE CAR OR HOUSE STEREO AT MAXIMUM VOLUME -REF.1.1982

135 'dB' (P) “VERY LOUD” CAR STEREO, ONLY BASS LEVEL, HIGHS RARELY ABOVE 115(P) -REF.1.1983

140 'dB' HUMAN THROAT AND VOCAL CORD VIBRATION BEGINS -REF.1.1983

158 'dB' HUMAN BODY VIBRATION IS VIOLENT, NAUSEA BECOMES MORE INTENCE -REF.1.1983

163 'dB' (N) N.H.R.A. DRAGSTERS- 5000 TO 7000 HORSEPOWER, LIQUID NITROGLYCERIN FUEL,

EARTHSHAKING AT 50 FEET, HUMANS FIND IT HARD TO SEE, AND BREATHE 140db(P) -REF.1.1987

194.09 'dB' (P) = 1 (ONE) AIR ATMOSPHERE = 14.6962 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH = 14.6962 P.S.I.= 1 ATM

SOUND WAVES DISTORT AND ARE NOW DEFINED AS SHOCK WAVES AND THEY BEGIN TO FOLLOW SHOCK WAVE BEHAVIOR. PARTICLE VELOCITY (BLAST WIND) = 590 FEET / SECOND = 180 METERS PER SECOND = 402 MILES PER HOUR. -REF.2.

194.1(P)EXACTLY, 1 POUND T.N.T. AT 6 FEET -REF.4.

202 'dB' (P) HUMAN DEATH FROM SOUND (SHOCK) WAVE ALONE.

The site is: http://www.makeitlouder.com/Decibel%20Level%20Chart.txt

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

sweet info there!

 

[kotec123 10+ year member]

wow so if sumone theoretically built a spl vehicle that made 220 db burp it wwould liike annhialate us

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

and that is the way i would want to go. Get hit by a infrasonic wave! lol i'd prolly shit my pants.