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FTC Power Ratings: An Optimistic View

Wide discrepancies in audio amplifier power claims have existed for years. Conservative manufacturers cringed when they saw brown goods manufacturers advertising "$199 complete" systems as having 350 watts of power. This credibility gap between power claims has finally been narrowed by the Federal Trade Commission, however, a fight by parties reluctant to change seems inevitable.

Authors: Wachner, Brian C.; Robbins, Michael S.
AES Convention:50 (March 1975) Paper Number:L-49 Import into BibTeX

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