Take a pair of Stellar M1200 power amplifiers, connect both to a 15 amp 120-volt line, and play your system as loud as you dare. It'll sound amazing and it won't kick off the circuit breaker.
Although it should.
Are we breaking the laws of physics?
Let's do the math. A 15-amp AC circuit at 120 volts is capable of producing 1,800 total Watts before the circuit breaker kicks in (amps times volts equals Watts). An M1200 monoblock amplifier, at its 92% efficiency, can draw 1,300 watts, and a pair of them doubles that at 2,600 watts.
Something doesn't make sense. How come we can merrily play as loud as we wish without kicking the circuit breaker?
Simple. We're nowhere near the maximum wattage into our loudspeaker. Long before you come even remotely close to the maximum available power from an M1200 or an M700, heck...even a stereo 300, you'll be playing loud enough to damage your hearing (or the loudspeaker).
We buy big amps not to use all their available power but for headroom and keeping our Watts delivered within the amplifier's linear zone (which runs about 10% of total power).
When something seems impossible, it probably is. And, more than likely, it's because you're looking at the problem incorrectly.
Remember, if you're trying to break the laws of physics you won't be arrested, but you might have to sit in the corner a while.
