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<blockquote data-quote="Geoff Doane" data-source="post: 99842" data-attributes="member: 1155"><p>Re: Suspect amp power ratings</p><p></p><p>The peak power of a sine wave is exactly twice its average power, so it sounds like this is what they are spec'ing. Didn't Peavey used to use the term "continuous average sinewave power", or "CASP" when describing their amplifiers? </p><p></p><p>The home HiFi spec race went crazy back in '70s with this kind of nonsense until the FTC stepped in and told the manufacturers they had to use "RMS watts" (really a misnomer: power is not RMS, it's average). There appears to be no such edict for the car and pro audio worlds. Yet.</p><p></p><p>GTD</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geoff Doane, post: 99842, member: 1155"] Re: Suspect amp power ratings The peak power of a sine wave is exactly twice its average power, so it sounds like this is what they are spec'ing. Didn't Peavey used to use the term "continuous average sinewave power", or "CASP" when describing their amplifiers? The home HiFi spec race went crazy back in '70s with this kind of nonsense until the FTC stepped in and told the manufacturers they had to use "RMS watts" (really a misnomer: power is not RMS, it's average). There appears to be no such edict for the car and pro audio worlds. Yet. GTD [/QUOTE]
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