01 May 2009
The Watts Myth
Audioholics gives a good breakdown of how many "watts" your sound system/speakers really output [warning, there's formulas and shit!]:
Like megapixels in cameras, consumers look to a number they can use as a scalar to determine quality or capabilities of technology. In a related note the newest, best generation of home cordless phones [remember those?] actually operates at 1900 MHz but the standards body has chosen to market it using the name it "DECT 6.0" in America so that consumers won't think that the 5.8 GHz phones are superior.
I have a set of computer speakers that are rated at 480W PMPO (yes - four hundred and eighty Watts). I have measured them at less than 5W each before clipping. There is no rhyme or reason that can explain such a difference, except ....
Like megapixels in cameras, consumers look to a number they can use as a scalar to determine quality or capabilities of technology. In a related note the newest, best generation of home cordless phones [remember those?] actually operates at 1900 MHz but the standards body has chosen to market it using the name it "DECT 6.0" in America so that consumers won't think that the 5.8 GHz phones are superior.
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