R.m.s???????


werdnarolyat
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02/08/2005 10:11 pm
i know that R.M.S stands for root mean square but what does it actually tell you about the amp?
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02/08/2005 10:16 pm
Originally Posted by: werdnarolyati know that R.M.S stands for root mean square but what does it actually tell you about the amp?
[font=trebuchet ms]That usually means continuous output power. Stereo sales-types used to be notorious for quoting inflated, meaningless things like 'music power' in order to make gear seem better than it really was. Even a spec for RMS output power is kinda meaningless unless it's accompanied by a value for distortion at that power level.[/font]
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02/08/2005 10:33 pm
you mean 'THD(total harmonic distortion?) less than .1% at 50% power'?

Also,dosn't R.M.S stand for 'route mean square'?
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02/09/2005 1:24 am
Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheart Also,dosn't R.M.S stand for 'route mean square'?


ROOT , not route !
Root here means "square root".
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02/09/2005 2:43 am
OHHHH... :confused:
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02/09/2005 4:28 am
Originally Posted by: chucklivesoninmyheartyou mean 'THD(total harmonic distortion?) less than .1% at 50% power'?...
[font=trebuchet ms]A full spec would be something like:

"Less than 0.1% THD at 100 Watts RMS into 8 Ohms at 1 kHz".[/font]
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02/09/2005 12:42 pm
Originally Posted by: Lordathestrings[font=trebuchet ms]A full spec would be something like:

"Less than 0.1% THD at 100 Watts RMS into 8 Ohms at 1 kHz".[/font]

thanks, i think i kinda get what its all about :)
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