[Blackzx3]

I'm not saying that you are going to get that horse power, but when your in a lab environment it is possible to measure peak readings, and that is why they say peak horse power, and not continuous horsepower.

It is the same for an amplifier they have a peak output and an rms value. And many companies in amplifiers do the same thing they will push the amplifier to limits that are never going to exist since at that point in time the amp is clipping the signal, but the output is at the extreme and has the most gain.

What I was trying to convey was that you were not taking into account that the companies are saying peak which means they are using the peak values (not that its right to do this), but that is what they do and many other companies as well.

When you are calculating values (from all my learning and text books) you must keep with your units therefore if you are using rms everything has to be in rms, and if you are using peak you stick with peak. They are not interchangeable due to the units. Ofcourse when you are dealing with peak values and peak to peak it is only used for theoretical and calculations, very seldom would it be used for real world applications, but to companies like these whatever makes them look best is what they will use. This way of thinking is found everywhere from treadmills, vacs, etc.