FTC Power Ratings: An Optimistic View

Wachner BC, Robbins MS. FTC Power Ratings: An Optimistic View. In: AES Convention 50. Audio Engineering Society; 1975. Paper L-49. Available from: https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=2437

@inproceedings{Wachner1975_2437,
  author = {Wachner, Brian C. and Robbins, Michael S.},
  title = {{FTC Power Ratings: An Optimistic View}},
  booktitle = {AES Convention 50},
  note = {Paper L-49},
  year = {1975},
  month = mar,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  url = {https://aes.org/publications/elibrary-page/?id=2437}
}

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AB  - 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.
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