As the residential systems industry shifts toward a more rigorous engineering-first approach, understanding the real-world implications of electrical data is no longer optional – it’s essential. This 90-minute session, built around the foundational concepts of RP-1: Performance Facts, will equip learners with practical skills to interpret and apply key electrical relationships in loudspeaker design.

Through real-world examples and hands-on analysis, participants will explore how volts, amps, watts, and impedance interact, and how these values affect loudspeaker and amplifier performance under real-world conditions. More importantly, attendees will learn how to decode this data in the way RP-1 recommends—moving beyond legacy wattage ratings to voltage-based specifications expressed in decibels (dB).

This course provides a critical first step in leveraging the objective performance data that will define the next generation of entertainment space design.

Lay the foundation for RP-1 fluency by understanding how electrical fundamentals shape performance. If you're still specifying by watts, this course will change your perspective—and your process. By the end of this course, learners will be able to analyse and apply the relationships between volts, amps, watts, and impedance in the context of loudspeaker design, including the effects of thermal compression, to apply RP-1 data.