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Old 05-22-2008, 02:46 PM   #8 (permalink)
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I believe the Taurus fan can draw as high as 60 amps, and this is a constant load.

A stereo is rarely a constant load, unless you are just listening to sin waves at peak power (like doing burps at a competition). An amplifier that draws 100 amps at full tilt might only be hitting that number for 5% of the time during a song.

Also, 2400 watt peak means next to nothing, RMS wattage is what is meaningful. Lower-end companies like to use peak "if struck by lighting" wattages, where a "1000 watt" amp may only put out 100 watts rms. This is why something like my old 400x1 Rockford (bench tested 744 rms) would blow the doors off my friend's 900x1 Lanzar when we swapped it in. That 900 watt Lanzar was peak power, rms was 250 or 300 if I remember correctly, and even then, possibly over rated.
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