In Reply to: Is kicking it up a bit equal to high noon on the volume dial? posted by bwkendall on August 25, 2003 at 12:26:43:
The small amount of clipping harmonics that reach a tweeter even when there is continuous clipping of a 100 Hz. sine wave (much more energy than typical music) will rarely account for one watt of power.
No tweeter will blow from one watt of clipping harmonics.Please define what you mean by "underpowered".
Are you suggesting that a 1 wpc amplifier would be 'extremely dangerous' for tweeters while a 1,000 wpc would be 'safe' for tweeters?
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Follow Ups
- No damage is done by underpowering speakers - you're 95% wrong - Richard BassNut Greene 13:19:49 08/25/03 (22)
- Kindly Disagree... - Todd Krieger 14:07:14 08/25/03 (18)
- Minimum power ratings - David Aiken 14:38:16 08/25/03 (0)
- That would make you wrong too - Richard BassNut Greene 14:20:55 08/25/03 (16)
- Sorry, but your links prove you wrong.... - Rod M 18:50:49 08/25/03 (3)
- Let me take you by the hand and E*X*P*L*A*I*N the link to you - Richard BassNut Greene 19:23:16 08/25/03 (2)
- You hear, but you can not see.... - Rod M 20:05:53 08/25/03 (1)
- You can read ... but still didn't understand white paper - Richard BassNut Greene 08:01:19 08/26/03 (0)
- Re: That would make you wrong too - Todd Krieger 14:44:25 08/25/03 (8)
- The mistake is to assume a more powerful amplifier is safer - Richard BassNut Greene 15:13:34 08/25/03 (7)
- Guys guys guys - mikebake 16:27:06 08/25/03 (6)
- That JBL Pro article is about 30 years old and misleading - Richard BassNut Greene 17:00:59 08/25/03 (4)
- Re: That JBL Pro article is about 30 years old and misleading - mikebake 17:25:23 08/25/03 (3)
- Had read that article years ago too! - Richard BassNut Greene 18:06:47 08/25/03 (2)
- Ha! - mikebake 18:16:05 08/25/03 (1)
- Then you're a smart guy - Richard BassNut Greene 18:42:46 08/25/03 (0)
- Re: Guys guys guys - bwkendall 16:42:14 08/25/03 (0)
- You are taking this to extremes. Can we stick to the poster's question? - bwkendall 14:26:09 08/25/03 (2)
- I did. And by the way your answer is wrong. - Richard BassNut Greene 15:48:38 08/25/03 (1)
- $30 each for Audax tweeters? Yikes! -t - bwkendall 15:54:19 08/25/03 (0)
- No. I am saying that the most common cause of damage to - bwkendall 13:35:34 08/25/03 (2)
- I know exactly what you're saying, but that is not correct - Richard BassNut Greene 13:59:37 08/25/03 (1)
- No offense taken at all. - bwkendall 14:31:07 08/25/03 (0)