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In Reply to: Well I'm not buying yours either posted by Richard BassNut Greene on August 25, 2003 at 16:05:53:
Interesting note, Richard, about the less capable tweeters of yesteryear. I have never blown a tweeter. I wonder what the sound has to get like to do it. ?So an amplifier that never clips is ... more likely to cause overexcursion damage to mid-range and bass drivers!Slight touche' there. A more powerful amp typically provides greater electrical damping. More powerful amplifiers typically need a little more SPL to blow a woofer, as compared to less power, less damping.
That's my experience. I can push a woofer to compression, which is not over-excursion; that can't come into play until the driver is out of control. I've seen over-excursion come about specifically as a result of not enough amplifier!
Along the same lines, I think also a reason why folks say that more powerful amps don't blow drivers as much is because there is typically less distortion at the same SPL. As a result of this, typically it's going to take more db to get it to tear itself up or experience over-excursion, when using a more powerful amp.
And also please don't take any of this out of context - I make no mention of melting coils here. I'm guessing that's what all the talk about tweeters is about - melting voice coils?
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Follow Ups
- 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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