On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:03:43 -0800, the inscrutable "Bob May"
spake:

What is a Watt of power?

When I took the audiophile mags (Stereo Review, etc) a watt was
rated RMS @ 1kHz continuous delivered power for testing and amps were
rated in RMS watts +-3dB for all frequencies between 20Hz and 20kHz
and the distortion figure was the max found between those freqs
at rated output.

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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!

Oh, you mean "Searz" watts?


Today, after some regulation agreements setup by the makers of amps came
about, the wattage ratings became a lot more sensible.

The same is happening in the compressor field after the recent lawsuit
against the compressor power ratings.


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"Menja bé, caga fort!"