the petition is a sweet thing to do and try to get stuff looked into but to say a noob in the game of the loud life should do research 1st b4 goin off buying stuff thats a reason we r here to help the noobs so taking MAX off of amps still wouldnt matter cuz the sales person knows when sum1 isnt sure about what tey need and want and still gonna tell them that this amp does this number max. and RMS is the continuous power it does at a certain voltage right? so if an amp says 1000 watts rms at 12v every1 knows thats what it was tested at and every1 knows how it goes give it more powa u get more out of it. u can take max ratings off but mostly noobs go off that number cuz they dont know what theyre looking for. my .02