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Originally posted by JT Clark:
Could part of the issue be manufacturers trying to push more out of the 8 ohm value than they used to? Say they made an amp like the example, but instead tried to get up to 250 or 300 watts @ 8 ohms instead of 200. Then they're still kind of limited to the 400 or barely over at 4 ohms.
No - due to cost and heat constraints, the power ability must be reduced into 4-6 ohms. Additionally, some manufacturers now are not as honest about their ratings as they once were when most everybody held to rigid FTC rules on stating power output.