Frequency of output power on receivers

juanedilio

juanedilio

Audioholic Intern
I am checking out two Yamaha models: the RX-V659 and the RX-V461. There is a specification of which I am not sure of its importance. I am particularly worried about the frequency rating written.

SPECIFICATIONS
RX-V659: RMS Output Power (20Hz - 20kHz) 100W x 7
RX-V461: RMS Output Power (1kHz) 100W x 5

What do the different frequency ranges mean and should it be the decisive factor in my final choice?

Thanks
 
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fmw

Audioholic Ninja
Not much without some numbers providing some deviation from a flat response. Neither of these output specs is very useful. The first one is more conservative because it says the output power averages 100W over the audible frequency range. What it doesn't do, as I said above, is to provide deviation numbers. The second one rates power just at 1 KHZ so we don't know whtat the power output is at other frequencies but, most likely, it is less somewhere along the line. I would say the first amp is more powerful but probably not meaningfully so.
 

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