In article ,
Matthew Weigel wrote:

In article ,
Ron Cook wrote:

Now, I will admit to being out of the technical end of the audio field for a
number of years, but are ratings no longer based on " xxx watts RMS per
channel @ 20 - 20,000 Hz @ .xx% THD" ?

Some are.

In fact, I took a look at some of the cheapest sets online, and the $90
AMW home theater system at Circuit City.com has its power rated from
20-20k Hz. Not surprisingly, it doesn't come close in its power ratings
to anything else, at 30Wx5, 15W for center. The next lowest power
rating (by price, anyway) is Sony, 70Wx6, rated at 1kHz. There's
probably a lot less difference between those two systems than Watts
suggest.

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