FTC may end amplifier rule! ACTION NEEDED

Most people on this forum know what to look for. It is the less informed consumers that are duped by inflated specs. Many manufacturers now get their advertised wattage with 1 channel driven into 6 ohms. Then salesmen tell them they are getting 140 watts per channel. Most consumers get lost if you try to explain power ratings in too much detail.

There's gotta be a Global Warming angle to this...Damn you Greta...Damn you!

If the rule does get changed it would be suicide for a quality company to start putting our false claims. Back in the “old” days there was no internet or independent resources that would call out the BS they put out. The only sources to hold the accountable were magazine reviews that could be easily bought off with kickbacks an advertising $$$. I feel that eliminating the regulation will weed out the quality honest companies from the snake oil salesmen. Just on this forum alone their false claims would be exposed and called out with proved documented independent tests.
 No need to get your panties in a bundle just because some large manufacture has bought them self a politician not the first not the last and this community we have formed will destroy them!

@russ69 
"Frankly, I go by weight. Big iron and big toroid transformers weigh a lot and tell you more about power capabilities."

I've done this simple test on many occasions and it seems to upset sales people.

Regards,
barts

Anyone that lived thru the 70s can relate to this when there were no regulations. Trying to compare amplifier and receiver output was futile Ie. IHF, RMS, whatever. It was a joke.