In 2000, the FTC removed the mandate for power specification disclosure in advertising media for amplifiers, though manufacturers still had to disclose specifications in product sheets and manuals, giving them freedom to inflate power claims in advertisements by amounts up to twice the actual FTC-compliant power.
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“back in 2000 the FTC uh removed the Mandate for media advertising that pertain to three parameters for rating amplifier power load impedance rated Power Band with frequency response and Distortion now the manufacturers still had to disclose this specification of their amplifiers in their product sheets”
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