Kijanki...Agreed that "Unlimited time" would be more than "Continuous" in the definition of power. I don't know how the spec is exactly defined but I think that "continuous" could be 5 seconds or so. This would be long enough to reflect any power supply sag, but not long enough to get into heat sink issues.
Since the average power while playing music is a handfull of watts, but the peak may be hundreds (I have made measurements) I do believe that ability to follow peak voltage is very important. Power supply design is influenced by the need to advertize high "continuous rms power".
Using my MG1.6 speakers playing LOUD I measured average rms voltage in the 5 to 10 volt range but I still saw brief peak voltage corresponding to almost 600 watts. I was using 600 watt amps so I was able to see this voltage.
In the end I decided that while 600 watts for a MG1.6 is not ridiculous, 350 would probably be OK (so I bought CT D200 monoblocks).
Since the average power while playing music is a handfull of watts, but the peak may be hundreds (I have made measurements) I do believe that ability to follow peak voltage is very important. Power supply design is influenced by the need to advertize high "continuous rms power".
Using my MG1.6 speakers playing LOUD I measured average rms voltage in the 5 to 10 volt range but I still saw brief peak voltage corresponding to almost 600 watts. I was using 600 watt amps so I was able to see this voltage.
In the end I decided that while 600 watts for a MG1.6 is not ridiculous, 350 would probably be OK (so I bought CT D200 monoblocks).