That's right, your government at work....

Mildly interesting to some, the Federal Trade Commission has published a request for public comment regarding its proposed change to the "Amplifier Rules" in order to account for measuring the power output of multichannel amplifiers (as apposed to "stereophonic" or "monophonic" amps). That's right, they do that stuff (news to me) and, what more, there's a federal rule for it. Apparently, there's a minor uproar over what constitutes an "associated channel." Mayhaps I'm just a hopeless dork (no comment necessary), but I thought this was all pretty funny. Any interest, the request for comment is here: http://www.ftc.gov/os/2002/01/amprulefrn.pdf Guess it goes to show, though, that the very need for a "Rule" means that you never know what your getting when you buy a multichannel amp these days.... Amazing what one comes across on the internet -- and I was genuinely working at the time. Honest.