In a message to Al Thompson  Rich Lockyer wrote:
RL>   AT> It could be partly because they are essentially meaningless for
RL>  guitar
RL>   AT> amps, and partly because that's how the ratings game is played.
RL>
RL>  Another game is the RMS and "peak music power" game... they'll give
RL>  you a peak to peak waveform figure and call that the "peak music
RL>  power".  It may be close, but it's theoretically at 100% saturation,
RL>  which I've never seen except from a square wave generator or Moog
RL>  synth.
Ah yes.  RMS vs. Peak vs. peak-to-peak.  All with no reference to what 
frequency range or amount of distortion.  As peaky as the impedance curve is 
for most guitar speakers, you have to wonder. . . .  
 
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