70 watts of whats?
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Hairy_Lee
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RMS is the best way to measure power of speaker systems... as it stands 70 watts is quite a powerful system.
if you know anything about wave theory you might know that RMS stands for root mean square and is generally the more accurate way to measure power output of a speaker system. i would also imagine that its 70 watts total power... i would be very surprised if you have a single speaker rated that high lol.
if you know anything about wave theory you might know that RMS stands for root mean square and is generally the more accurate way to measure power output of a speaker system. i would also imagine that its 70 watts total power... i would be very surprised if you have a single speaker rated that high lol.
On those speakers do you have front and rear pairs with a center having the on/off and volume controls? There would also be a woofer with it's own volume control on the rear of the case. The 70 watts is the effective total with the 140 rms being the max the speakers can handle. Although the amp is rated for 70 the high end peaks can draw more out at times.
danj
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just to clear up the physics of this thread:
It is correct that RMS or root mean square is the best indicator of the wattage and should be thought of as average wattage because that is mathematically what it is. The outlets in your house are based on ACV or alternating current voltage. This means that the current leaving the outlet fluctuates like a wave, and the peaks of this wave are the peak voltage.
Seeing that the issue was already resolved, this was merely an informational note.
It is correct that RMS or root mean square is the best indicator of the wattage and should be thought of as average wattage because that is mathematically what it is. The outlets in your house are based on ACV or alternating current voltage. This means that the current leaving the outlet fluctuates like a wave, and the peaks of this wave are the peak voltage.
Seeing that the issue was already resolved, this was merely an informational note.
ChrisDVD said:yes i do have that....
Thx guys.
i was jsut curious
Chris
Anytime. I was just curious if the setup you have there is close to the Z-640 model here. They have basically the same 70w with 140w total peak listed on the carton theu came in. They are great sounding 5.1 surround themselves. But if and when they eventually go I may look into a KOSS setup then.