How do some manufacturers of audio amps arrive at the ridiculously high PMPO ratings they give for their products? E.g., an amp with a true 20-watt output may be rated at more than
1000 watts PMPO. (Please, let's not get sidetracked into how there's no such thing as RMS power - call it continuous power or whatever).I'm old enough to remember when IHF music power was often cited with some justification. At least you could actually get that amount of power output for a fleeting moment at very high THD levels. But multiple-kW ratings are now claimed for a music system using a few TDA2030 ICs. Even large reputable companies do it, so I find it hard to believe that they just grab some random figures out of thin air. Do they have some way of working out those figures, no matter how specious their reasoning might be? I was out of touch with the audio field for a long time, so I guess I missed something when the trend started.