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<blockquote data-quote="hispls" data-source="post: 8327583" data-attributes="member: 614752"><p>I wish I had saved some of those old car audio magazines. I imagine there would be some good laughs at some of the old conventional wisdoms. MSRP on all those limited edition amps was absurd and only highest volume dealers or connected people could even get them.</p><p></p><p>The definition of continuous power handling I like is what Emminence uses. Clamped power sine wave for 8 hours..... though really if it'll hang for 10 minutes it'll likely hang for hours since as you exceed thermal limits heat builds up to failure levels really quickly. You run your "5000W" sub on a legit 5K amp at 1 ohm and it's likely that most of the time your amp will be seeing far greater than 1 ohm and assuming you listen to what I'd actually define as music, you're at a small fraction again of seeing rated power over a period of time. Now I've seen people play "music" that's just a soft-clipped sine wave with monosyllabic grunts about committing crime and genitals..... throw in a CD of that, hit the right frequency where your amp sees at or close to nominal impedance and your 5000W sub won't last more than 1 song.</p><p></p><p>Personally I like a retard-proof definition of power handling. I have had the conversation with Jacob at Sundown about this and he rates his stuff pretty much retard proof. It's a good idea from a retail point of view, because you pretty much KNOW anything that comes in broken was abused if you rate things using that definition.</p><p></p><p>Ever smoke a 40$ cigar? They're really good, but certainly not 4X better than a 10$ one. Same with snobophile priced audio equipment IMO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hispls, post: 8327583, member: 614752"] I wish I had saved some of those old car audio magazines. I imagine there would be some good laughs at some of the old conventional wisdoms. MSRP on all those limited edition amps was absurd and only highest volume dealers or connected people could even get them. The definition of continuous power handling I like is what Emminence uses. Clamped power sine wave for 8 hours..... though really if it'll hang for 10 minutes it'll likely hang for hours since as you exceed thermal limits heat builds up to failure levels really quickly. You run your "5000W" sub on a legit 5K amp at 1 ohm and it's likely that most of the time your amp will be seeing far greater than 1 ohm and assuming you listen to what I'd actually define as music, you're at a small fraction again of seeing rated power over a period of time. Now I've seen people play "music" that's just a soft-clipped sine wave with monosyllabic grunts about committing crime and genitals..... throw in a CD of that, hit the right frequency where your amp sees at or close to nominal impedance and your 5000W sub won't last more than 1 song. Personally I like a retard-proof definition of power handling. I have had the conversation with Jacob at Sundown about this and he rates his stuff pretty much retard proof. It's a good idea from a retail point of view, because you pretty much KNOW anything that comes in broken was abused if you rate things using that definition. Ever smoke a 40$ cigar? They're really good, but certainly not 4X better than a 10$ one. Same with snobophile priced audio equipment IMO. [/QUOTE]
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