AnzacSonata
Super Member
Like this Onkyo:
It seems whenever I've seen one in action, like at a trade show or such, the meters never really seem to "match" the output of what we're hearing....
For example, the meters can bounce along with the input it's receiving while claiming the amp is putting out, say, 100 watts per channel...but the audio won't SOUND all that powerful during real world listening at that level...it's like, the meters are "telling" me one thing but the system is saying something else...
Unless I'm looking at this the wrong way; are these things calibrated in a certain method to account for the mismatch I've always experienced with these power amps?
It seems whenever I've seen one in action, like at a trade show or such, the meters never really seem to "match" the output of what we're hearing....
For example, the meters can bounce along with the input it's receiving while claiming the amp is putting out, say, 100 watts per channel...but the audio won't SOUND all that powerful during real world listening at that level...it's like, the meters are "telling" me one thing but the system is saying something else...
Unless I'm looking at this the wrong way; are these things calibrated in a certain method to account for the mismatch I've always experienced with these power amps?