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In Reply to: Watts, Speaker & Amps. posted by davesear on August 25, 2003 at 12:10:46:
The power rating on a speaker references the amount of current a particular driver or speaker's voice coil can handle continuously before melting down. If your speakers are rated @ 50 watts then I would not power beyond that. Using a 70 wpc or higher amplifier is fine in that it gives you headroom and the ability to provide a clean 50 wpc without distortion that would likely be introduced from a 50 wpc amp wide open. A 40 wpc amp wide open and distorting would kill your speakers (allthough underpowered) just as quick as more than 50 wpc of clean power would.
Keep your ears open. If all sounds fine than all probabally is. If you hear the cones starting to bottom out or hear alot of distortion than obviously cut it back a little. It doesn't take much to ruin a pair of speakers.
Hope this helps!-Johnny
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- Re: Watts, Speaker & Amps. - jslateiv 13:09:35 08/25/03 (3)
- A 40wpc amplifier is "underpowered" while 50wpc is not? - Richard BassNut Greene 13:37:57 08/25/03 (2)
- Re: A 40wpc amplifier is "underpowered" while 50wpc is not? - jslateiv 06:33:16 08/26/03 (1)
- There are no standards for rating speaker power handling - Richard BassNut Greene 08:36:38 08/26/03 (0)
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