I wish I could get my friends to realize that! They'll have me listen to their "1000 watt" amp and check out how loud it is. Then I hook up the oscilloscope and show them what they are sending to their speakers and that they can really only get 1000/8 watts of power cleanly (we're talking crap amp here). Too bad clean sound isn't loud enough. Even after I warn them, they continue to keep the gain way up and blow both amps and subs every other month. Sad...