How is the buyer to know how much power the car audio amplifier actually puts out?
Sometimes these car amps are independently rated in magazine articles or in on line articles, but mostly not. Even online forums may be missleading because one person’s experience won’t necessarily apply to your circumstances and you won’t have enough knowledge to know that. That’s why seeking the advice of experienced car audio sales proffessionals will make a difference. If the car audio manufacturer is reputable, i.e. name brand, then the RMS power ratings are fairly accurate. However you will have to read the fine print. Often it is the max ratings that are printed on the bass amp. Max power ratings are made up figures strictly for advertising purposes. You can assume that many 1000 watt amps may put out 75 to 250 real rms watts per channel, and the same for 1600 watt amps. We even have some manufacturers who put 3000 watts max or 4000 watts max on their car amps that sell for between $150 and $250. These amps are also in the same real power range of 100 to 250 real rms watts of po
