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Power Output for Speech Reinforcement Amplifiers

Recent Federal Trade Commission findings have highlighted the misuse of the -momentary power- rating for music reproduction amplifiers. However, this effort to emphasize the more meaningful -continuous power- rating has confused efforts to specify power available for speech reinforcement. Experimental evidence shows that amplifiers rated equal in -continuous power- output can differ significantly in power available.

Author: Queen, Daniel
Affiliation: Daniel Queen Associates, Chicago, IL
AES Convention:46 (September 1973) Paper Number:941 Import into BibTeX

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