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Can someone explain Watts to me - its a legit question...
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<blockquote data-quote="eharri3" data-source="post: 6132219" data-attributes="member: 591579"><p>Watts dont mean much, at least not in the sense that alot of people think. A speaker's power handling is measured using conditions it mostly won't see during normal music: Continuous test tones. An amp's power rating is measured under similar conditions. Assuming your system is properly tuned, both the output on the amp and the power handling of the speaker are numbers you may never actually see during normal use and if you do, only for a brief instant. They are good reference points but those ratings shouldn't be a bible for matching speakers and amps. I've heard of people delivering 150-200 percent of a speaker's power rating with no damage and awesome sound. Hypothetically let's say speaker A is rated for 150 watts and amp B is rated for 200 watts and you tune it to deliver that much. The amp will only actually deliver the 200 watts at maximum volume if and when you reach musical peaks that are strong enough to generate that wattage, then it goes down again when the frequency and loudness of the music changes. The speaker doesn't get 200 watts all the time but it may get closer to 150 during moderate to moderately high volumes.</p><p></p><p>Loudness and power ARE important in an SQ system and overhead is a good thing. Your music has to get loud enough and do it cleanly for you to appreciate the detail. But other speaker characteristics such as sensitivity figure into loudness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eharri3, post: 6132219, member: 591579"] Watts dont mean much, at least not in the sense that alot of people think. A speaker's power handling is measured using conditions it mostly won't see during normal music: Continuous test tones. An amp's power rating is measured under similar conditions. Assuming your system is properly tuned, both the output on the amp and the power handling of the speaker are numbers you may never actually see during normal use and if you do, only for a brief instant. They are good reference points but those ratings shouldn't be a bible for matching speakers and amps. I've heard of people delivering 150-200 percent of a speaker's power rating with no damage and awesome sound. Hypothetically let's say speaker A is rated for 150 watts and amp B is rated for 200 watts and you tune it to deliver that much. The amp will only actually deliver the 200 watts at maximum volume if and when you reach musical peaks that are strong enough to generate that wattage, then it goes down again when the frequency and loudness of the music changes. The speaker doesn't get 200 watts all the time but it may get closer to 150 during moderate to moderately high volumes. Loudness and power ARE important in an SQ system and overhead is a good thing. Your music has to get loud enough and do it cleanly for you to appreciate the detail. But other speaker characteristics such as sensitivity figure into loudness. [/QUOTE]
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