How many of you would agree with this?.

All car audio power ratings should tested and publicised under an industry wide standard.

For example: 12 VOLT RMS POWER AT 4 OHMS STEREO AND MONO Also, variations like 14.4 volts and 1 & 2 ohm stereo and mono would be nice.

No more lies, deceit and confusion...

[ July 04, 2003, 10:02: Message edited by: R ]

but then what would happen to boss and audioline.....

I for one would welcome some rational, standard testing proceedures.

For example I was in an Autobarn today and saw a set of Clarion speakers that claimed some increadible power rating like 300 Watts for $289, to the novice these would be mighty impressive, however when you read the fine print they were in fact only a 60 W/RMS speaker!

Companies fudge figure and deceive people because as a marketing trick it works and makes them money.

I would like to see all speakers rated in RMS and RMS ONLY!
No more Peak Power, Max Dynamic Power, Maximum Peak Power, etc.

Amps should all be rated at 13.8V @ 4 ohms (The majority of the worlds cars run on 13.8V NOT 14.4V)
Power Ratings should be at 1.6kHz for stereo channels, and at 20 Hz for any sub channels or in bridged mode.

Will this ever happen?
I doubt it.
After all, it's just marketing hype and a good splattering of BS !

Phil K


[ July 04, 2003, 23:36: Message edited by: RM Audio ]

I guess it depends on which side of the fence you are on, if you are from a high end company such as Alpine, PG, RF, Audison, Orion etc - you would welcome such a move
However if you are from Boss, Califonia Gold, Rokewood etc it would show exactly how bad your product is.

I personally think that sub amps should be 2ohm, cos thats where most of them put out most power etc. But it should def be 13.8V.

Same goes for the sensitivity readings, and same goes for battery readings as well.

YES!!! i'm sick of peak power bs!! like a guy from work got 1 of those boss amps and thinks he's got 1000 watts!!