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Old January 9th 06, 05:58 PM posted to uk.rec.audio
Stewart Pinkerton
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Default What does specification mean?

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 11:31:59 -0000, "Gav"
wrote:

In the specifications of my AV Amp it says the following.

90 W + 90 W (8 ohms, 20 Hz - 20 kHz, 0.08 % THD)

125 W + 125 W (6 ohms, 1 kHz, 0.7 % THD)


What does the 1kHz bit mean? I'm assuming that it means the measurement has
been taken at 1kHz, is this correct?


Yes, and that spec also means that the amp will be well down on power
into 4 ohms, i.e. into many good-quality modern speakers, as it's
obviously been optimised for a 6-ohm load.
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