@almarg, Al, as you can’t attend any of Roger’s presentations, have you watched the two videos on You Tube of his seminars at The Burning Amp Festival? His and Nelson Pass’, that is. Great stuff! It's a pleasure to own products by both these great designers.
RMS Power?
I often see power specifications like "100W RMS". There is no such thing as RMS power. Of course, you can calculate RMS value from any curve, including power curve, but it won't represent anything. "Real" power representing heat dissipated in resistive load is "Average Power" Pavg=Vrms*Irms. In case of sinewaves Pavg=0.707Vpeak * 0.707Ipeak = 0.5Ppeak, or Ppeak = 2Pavg.
Term "RMS Power" or "watts RMS" is a mistake, very common in audio.
Term "RMS Power" or "watts RMS" is a mistake, very common in audio.
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