Audio humour

It’s supposed to make the *speakers* spew frames, not the amplifier. I recall having to “fix” a pair of Pioneer speakers that were made to spew flames (yes, flames) with a whole hell of a lot less power than that (old 1980’s QSC).
 
Ultra-deep 1U with sloped front that spews flames? I guess now we know where Chameleon got their amp design from...

Here's a very not politically correct joke datasheet from National... Goes well with some of their advertisements from that era, oddly enough. Probably can be attributed to Bob Widlar.
Very witty! Including:
 

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I like how National Semi would kid around back in the day. No major hi tech manufacturer would dare fiddle about like they did these days. Didnt I see one ad which literally was an extended middle finger, with the caption "we've got a message for our competition" (I think that was attributed to Widlar also) I mean, who could do such a thing these days?

They were the "Saturday Night Live" of component manufacturers - must've been fun to work for them back then.