Can someone explain what the “watts” mean on a home theater system?
Question by VerdeOjos: Can someone explain what the “watts” mean on a home theater system?
I thought the higher the watts, the better the system, but why are some 500 watt systems more expensive than the 1,000 watts? I know brand of course… but any other advice? I want a good system, but i have NO idea what the sound difference would be, and mostly when they are hooked up in stores I don’t like to turn them up loud because of the other customers….
USA. California 🙂
Thanks
Best answer:
Answer by Mark T
Depends on several things:
Quality of the product – a Smeg&Grommit 200W amp is perhaps a lot cheaper than a Technics 100 Watt amp
It also depends on what you mean by watts.
RMS – True meaningful number
Music Power – This is a way of doubling the figure so it looks like a more powerful system.
PMPO (purely mythical power output).
The last one is a way for cheap products with perhaps as little as 20 watts RMS to pretend to be producing HUNDREDS of watts and manage to avoid prosecution.
ALWAYS compare like for like. Ask what the ampliers output is in RMS.
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