I thought the FTC got into the game years ago and that is why we have those RMS contiuous power ratings. OK, we know that mathematically RMS power is irrational or whatevber. Not really the definition of a true irrational number, it is just improper. But it is the RMS voltage that would produce thaat power disspation or whatever into a specified resistance, like eight ohms.
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>So, other day I go to the bar, a friend of a friend runs it. The company that supploies the juke box threw in an amp for the outdoor speakers. A thousand watts it says. I think it said Gemsound PRO-1000 and it actually said 1,000 watts right on the front.
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>Don't you real engineers have to meet specs ? I mean, this supposed thousand watt amp had a three amp fuse. A 20 watt per channel dcent receiver is built better, seriously. Little TO-220 outputs on a heatsink maybe 4" high and about 8" wide. Few fins. No berylium tube, no fancy s*it. And all fed by a three amp main fuse.
Those are Chinese watts.