Bob May wrote:
What is a Watt of power?

True rms power of 1 Watt ends up being:
1.414W peak
2.828W peak to peak
8W+ for an output level with unlimited amps.
Almost anything past the 8W for instantenous peak power.

Thus you can be rating a speaker for 3W when it really is only capable of
handling 1W. Change the rating to where you have a constant voltage and you
can square the power level. As a result, your 50W amp can also be rated as
2500W if you want to really do it the way that some did back in those days!
Today, after some regulation agreements setup by the makers of amps came
about, the wattage ratings became a lot more sensible.

--
Why isn't there an Ozone Hole at the NORTH Pole?



ALthough they fudge quite a bit compared to ~25 years ago. Used to
be[and still is for anything i buy] the only way to compare a stereo amp
head to head was 'rms watts continuous into 8 ohms, from 20hz to 20 khz
both channels driven at xxpercent distortion'

sneakiest thing they do now is use from 50 hz, whole lotta power to
drive them bottom 30