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Can subs get unlouder if u turn too high?
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<blockquote data-quote="jlaine" data-source="post: 20845" data-attributes="member: 542392"><p>Ahhh... in terms of factual testable "output", it's still doing 250wrms in terms of an AC waveform... it's the extra (for lack of a better term, this is what I call it) power under the curve that is the problem. You could *possibly* get a constant output of it's peak rating with the wave truncated from overdriving, so 500W of potential. Extra heat, no added motion, and more current passing through the coil. Unclean power is perfectly fine, so long as you never exceed thermal limitations- it's not the cleanliness of the signal that matters, but the power being thrown into the subwoofer at the time. This again takes quite a bit of abuse to get there, especially if you are listening to music at the time. Music is dynamic, not constant like sine sweeps, so the idea of a dynamic source being clipped so bad and for so long to maintain enough energy to heat a coil into destruction is really almost silly.</p><p></p><p>It should be stressed that sine waves (especially the very very low ones) are incredibly hard on subwoofers. And coupled with a ported box (unloading) or even the ideal sealed box, if you go after a low enough sine sweep, you have the potential to mechanically destroy the sub by asking it to excurde beyond it's limitations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jlaine, post: 20845, member: 542392"] Ahhh... in terms of factual testable "output", it's still doing 250wrms in terms of an AC waveform... it's the extra (for lack of a better term, this is what I call it) power under the curve that is the problem. You could *possibly* get a constant output of it's peak rating with the wave truncated from overdriving, so 500W of potential. Extra heat, no added motion, and more current passing through the coil. Unclean power is perfectly fine, so long as you never exceed thermal limitations- it's not the cleanliness of the signal that matters, but the power being thrown into the subwoofer at the time. This again takes quite a bit of abuse to get there, especially if you are listening to music at the time. Music is dynamic, not constant like sine sweeps, so the idea of a dynamic source being clipped so bad and for so long to maintain enough energy to heat a coil into destruction is really almost silly. It should be stressed that sine waves (especially the very very low ones) are incredibly hard on subwoofers. And coupled with a ported box (unloading) or even the ideal sealed box, if you go after a low enough sine sweep, you have the potential to mechanically destroy the sub by asking it to excurde beyond it's limitations. [/QUOTE]
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