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

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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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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you mean 'THD(total harmonic distortion?) less than .1% at 50% power'?
Also,dosn't R.M.S stand for 'route mean square'?
Also,dosn't R.M.S stand for 'route mean square'?
Try once,fail twice...
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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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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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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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