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FTC may end amplifier rule! ACTION NEEDED

Sharing an important issue you all may or may not already be aware of. Gene from audioholics did a full video on this linked below. The FTC may end the amplifier rule so that companies can go back to making misleading claims on power output of their amplifiers. We should all get on the govt website and comment to try to stop this from happening!

https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FTC-2020-0087-0001

https://youtu.be/VJMD3h-h8fk
jwl244
winoguy17
1,116 posts
 
^^^^^^
Yup.
jwl244 OP
64 posts
 
@millercarbon if that is your opinion could you please explain why it would not be good to have the amplifier rule in place? Or conversely, the positives if the rule was terminated? I'm asking earnestly as I'm not seeing how the rule hurts the industry or doesn't help the industry. 

@winoguy17 same
winoguy17
1,116 posts
 
 Not referencing the rule in particular, just government incompetence in general....
ebm
9,311 posts
 
Im crying this is so sad.
jwl244 OP
64 posts
 
@winoguy17 yes. Point taken. Was hoping for a discussion about the rule and not so much a blanket statement that the government is incompetent. While that is a completely different topic I am more interested in what the FCC is going to do with the amplifier act. 

@ebm why does this not matter to a community that obsesses over specs and manufacturer claims? We argue about amp tech and wpc and distortion etc but a policy that can change all that is not important? Could you explain any further why you do not care about this and think this post is laughable?
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