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In Reply to: I'm not buying your hypothesis posted by plantsman on August 25, 2003 at 14:59:50:
I did not claim clipping harmonics have no danger at all -- but they are just a small percentage of the power needed to damage a typical tweeter.So an amplifier that never clips is theoretically "slightly safer" for tweeters ... but then it's also more likely to cause overexcursion damage to mid-range and bass drivers!
So you can't win.In the past few decades tweeters have been gradually improved to be able to handle more and more power --- ferro fluid in the voice coils really helped. In the early days of transistor amps when only 30wpc was typical and people used low-power handling paper cone tweeters -- clipping harmonics were then a considerably higher percentage of the power needed to damage the tweeters. One watt of clipping harmonics is a big deal for a tweeter than can only handle 5 watts continuous power.
Did it ever occur to you that people who have enough intelligence to make enough money to afford your high-end equipment might have learned from their experience damaging tweeters (by the time you were done with them they probably spent a small fortune buying a more powerful amp!) and as a result, they were much more careful in the future and rarely, if ever, damaged tweeters again!
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Follow Ups
- Well I'm not buying yours either - Richard BassNut Greene 16:05:53 08/25/03 (10)
- Re: woofers/tweeters - MarkgM 00:30:09 08/26/03 (9)
- blowing woofers versus tweeters - Richard BassNut Greene 08:15:34 08/26/03 (8)
- Re: blowing woofers versus tweeters - MarkgM 11:02:28 08/26/03 (7)
- Re: blowing woofers versus tweeters - Richard BassNut Greene 11:50:51 08/26/03 (6)
- Re: blowing woofers mechanically - MarkgM 19:02:41 08/26/03 (1)
- Woofer overexcursion damage is rare -- besides the subject was tweeter damage - Richard BassNut Greene 08:33:43 08/27/03 (0)
- Re: blowing woofers versus tweeters - MarkgM 14:57:23 08/26/03 (3)
- I have to get the last word in of course - Richard BassNut Greene 15:12:06 08/27/03 (2)
- Re: I have to get the last word in of course - MarkgM 11:28:19 08/28/03 (1)
- The last ... last word - Richard BassNut Greene 13:41:54 08/28/03 (0)
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