A good sticky idea???

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

Power handling is a broad term that must also include mechanical limits, which are drastically affected by the enclosure its mounted in. But even if we were to whittle it down to just thermal limits, these are still very install dependent and there is no magic number of watts any specific speaker can handle.

IOW, this topic is simply too complex to try and generalize it as a list of speakers with 'real' power handling specs. As humans, we always try to simplify situations down into bite-sized bits we can easily wrap our brains around, and make quick comparisons. However, this is many times not feasible. This is one of those times, unfortunately. Thanks for the idea though, we are always interested in hearing ideas on how to improve the info on this site, and the site itself.

 

[i2ain2thunder 10+ year member]

I've always thought the installation itself to be way more important than the products themselves. I mean different products perform better than others yeah, but the installation and construction has such a huge effect on the overall sound I just hate how the equipment itself gets all the focus.

 

[keep_hope_alive Premium Member]

We tried to build a sticky like this on SoundDomain, just focusing on amplifiers. It was too confusing since companies have been bought and sold and changed over the decades; you had the same brand in every category, and each entry had year ranges. For the most part, people can agree on what to put where, but there are too many products on the market to make it useful.

 

[murph 10+ year member]

I've always thought the installation itself to be way more important than the products themselves. I mean different products perform better than others yeah, but the installation and construction has such a huge effect on the overall sound I just hate how the equipment itself gets all the focus.

Everyone really has to agree with this because simply that matters the most. A 100 dollar sub in the best possible install can/will most likely sound better than a 300+ dollar sub in a prefab (ported).