I've been talking to my buddy about amps. I have an old school US AMP 2000. I told him it was 2000 watts. He said he was getting a Kicker amp that was like 2000 RMS. Mine doesn't have a RMS but I know for a fact that my amp is better. Why did amps start putting a RMS on everything these days. I can't seem to find a "peak power". Any help?

 

Peak power doesn't mean anything.

Old amps were 'better' because most had some/more headroom built into them. These days headroom is pretty shy so you have to buy more advertised power for the same perceived output.

 

just a question... what would you even need 2000 watts of any power? unless you are in an spl race, I think sound quality is more to do with the "quality" of the amps then how much watts you run

just a thought

randy

 

there are different opinions on this.. music is not a constant power sinewave. It has peeks. While a spec of watts rms continuous is something very measurable, the industry has not really decided on a spec of peak power capability.. like for how long how often. But for normal music an amp that can put out 50 watts but handle peaks of 200 watts with no problem may sound just as good as a 200 watt continuous RMS amp .

 

...mine doesn't have rms but I know for a fact that my amp is better.

The greatest thing ever said about car audio.