Hi all,
Actually, the Denon did pretty well. If you want to scrutinize dubious power output claims, check out the June 2003 issue of Sound&Vision--the Onkyo TX-NR900, which claims 110W into 5 channels, produced only 55 watts at clipping into one channel! With five channels driven into 1 kHz, it delivered 52 watts per channel. There's a note that the Onkyo "exhibited thermally-induced current limiting consistent with current EIA standards. . ."
In the same tests, the H/K 7200 delivered 142 watts per channel with all five driven into 8 ohms (it claims just 100W into 7 channels) and the JVC did 121 watts per channel into all five. The JVC and H/K also drove 4-ohm loads with one channel driven (255W and 332 watts into 4 ohms, one channel driven, respectively). The Onkyo delivered 178 watts for 2 to 3 seconds before current limiting engaged.
Regards,
