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<blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 8330612" data-attributes="member: 540940"><p>Those are numbers boss' marketing personnel (whoever that may be) picked seemingly at random.</p><p></p><p>Peak power ratings are totally meaningless for all but the elite brands that actually specify how they came up with it.</p><p></p><p>And RMS ratings from the budget brands are nearly as meaningless.</p><p></p><p>Bogus ratings from brands like this are the only way they can stay in business.</p><p></p><p>With cheap amps like that we're left approximating actual power by the size of the fuses that are included.</p><p></p><p>At 90A one would assume something in the 900w rms range -- roughly 100x4 and 400x1</p><p></p><p>But as NoLoud (I think?) pointed out, it seems over-fusing is becoming commonplace for the low-end brands in order to appear capable of more power.</p><p></p><p>Regardless -- that 90A/900w approximation would occur at minimum impedance on all channels. You're not running at min on any channel. So that could be knocked down to 75x4/300x1, or 600 total. But it's a boss, which is why I guesstimated 400-500.</p><p></p><p>FWIW - There's a pretty good test of a Boss amp <a href="http://www.mobileedgeonline.com/mobile-edge-tests-the-real-world-output-of-2-amplifiers/" target="_blank">Mobile Edge Tests The Real World Output of 2 Amplifiers</a> It's 2000w peak, 1000w rms at 2 ohms, 500w rms at 4 ohms and uses a pair of 25A fuses.</p><p></p><p>Long story short -- it produced a whopping 315w rms at 2 ohms.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="n2audio, post: 8330612, member: 540940"] Those are numbers boss' marketing personnel (whoever that may be) picked seemingly at random. Peak power ratings are totally meaningless for all but the elite brands that actually specify how they came up with it. And RMS ratings from the budget brands are nearly as meaningless. Bogus ratings from brands like this are the only way they can stay in business. With cheap amps like that we're left approximating actual power by the size of the fuses that are included. At 90A one would assume something in the 900w rms range -- roughly 100x4 and 400x1 But as NoLoud (I think?) pointed out, it seems over-fusing is becoming commonplace for the low-end brands in order to appear capable of more power. Regardless -- that 90A/900w approximation would occur at minimum impedance on all channels. You're not running at min on any channel. So that could be knocked down to 75x4/300x1, or 600 total. But it's a boss, which is why I guesstimated 400-500. FWIW - There's a pretty good test of a Boss amp [URL="http://www.mobileedgeonline.com/mobile-edge-tests-the-real-world-output-of-2-amplifiers/"]Mobile Edge Tests The Real World Output of 2 Amplifiers[/URL] It's 2000w peak, 1000w rms at 2 ohms, 500w rms at 4 ohms and uses a pair of 25A fuses. Long story short -- it produced a whopping 315w rms at 2 ohms. [/QUOTE]
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