Wattage ratings?

[J216 10+ year member]

I'm just curious. I was looking at the cadence site after reading a thread. Some of the amps have some odd numbers attached to them. Like this one...

http://www.cadencestore.com/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=97&idproduct=243

I guess I'm just wondering why?

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[PaulD 10+ year member]

odd numbers ?

if you mean the 4 ohm power numbers **** and the lower ohm power number seem incredible, it's a marketing thing, they are designed that way. Some competition orgs put you in a class based on the total 4 ohm power ratings of your amps. Nothing new, they were doing that back in the 80's.

 

[dman4486 5,000+ posts]

25 is the only odd number in that link

 

[J216 10+ year member]

Yeah The 4 ohm rating was what i was talking about. The competition thing makes sense. Kind of what I figured. Yup, I'm an idiot. LOL.

 

[skydeaner 10+ year member]

it was probably meant to be 250

 

[J216 10+ year member]

That's what I thought at first. But, It's all over the place. Even in the manual for the Z1000 I just bought. I noticed an asterisk by one of the other amps(Z7000) that said that the 4 ohm rating was 50watts but the USAC rating was 300. It makes sense when i think about it. Call it 50 watts,end up in a lower class with a big advantage.

 

[BIGsherm7272]

That's what I thought at first. But, It's all over the place. Even in the manual for the Z1000 I just bought. I noticed an asterisk by one of the other amps(Z7000) that said that the 4 ohm rating was 50watts but the USAC rating was 300. It makes sense when i think about it. Call it 50 watts,end up in a lower class with a big advantage.

exactly the point.