From hammond321@yahoo.com Sun Jul 01 13:49:38 2012
Subject:Re: Alto amps

Good point about the 400 w "peak power" routine... would also be nice to know into how many ohms... could be that the 400 w. "peak" into 4 or 2 ohms would actually translate into 60 w RMS or less into 8 ohms. Didn't see anything in their specs about any of that.

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From: Simon Beck
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, July 1, 2012 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Alto amps


 
My "Oh, no" reflex kicked in when I saw the multiple references to its "400 watts of peak power". That generally translates to about 120 watts RMS, which is respectable, but why not tell us the RMS rating, which gives a much better idea of what the amp is capable of? Are they ashamed of its real, practical power rating? Or are they hoping that non-technically-minded musicans wil see it and think "400 watts? Wow! PEAK power??? Dunno what it means, but it must be loud. WOW!!!" Behringer has used this trick for years - try to find out the RMS power of one of their amps.

My amp is an 80-watt RMS, 4-channel 12"+ tweeter combo marketed by Thomann, and they describe it as such on their website:

http://www.thomann.de/gb/the_tamp_pa4080kb.htm

It has a crappy springline reverb unit (which I don't use anyway), but it's loud, clean, portable and it does the job for a very low price.

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From: Bobby Simons