[Mr.T]

"Chris Hornbeck" wrote in message
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And really, this just isn't something to get excited about. Speakers
aren't really "4 Ohms" or "8 Ohms" or whatever, but are a very, very
complicated load, and an amplifier must to designed to deal with the
real world of real loudspeakers with complex impedances and some
motor characteristics.

True, and some amps handle difficult loads far better than others.

But folks have had many decades to get a
handle on this, and competance doesn't cost much these days.

Which is such a shame that many manufacturers skimp on this issue
particulary, since savings can be made to power supply, and output
transistors.

Don't worry about this (totally BS, anyway) number. Worry about
HDMI compliance, or something else really interesting.

Or perhaps speaker sensitivity and good overload protection.

MrT.