comp power.

[fast85_gt]

on a 100 wrms comp set how many watts go to the tweeter or does the xover break it down any

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[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Music is not constant in its peak amplitude. The ratio of average power to peak power is in the order of 10-20dB. (10dB = 10 times power and 20dB = 100 times power). I would imagine that modern rock and roll/rap music the value is closer to 10dB. This means that with typical music the average power when using a 200w/ch amplifier is in the order of 20 watts per channel with the peaks rising to 200 watts. Anything higher than the 20 watt average will most certainly push the amplifier into clipping. With this scenario the tweeter in a typical bi-amplified system or one with passive crossovers will receive about 10-15% of the power. So the tweeter’s power is about 20-35 watts with our 200 watt amplifier. This is a lot of power for any single tweeter. But let us assume it is OK with this.

so 10-15% apparently.

but to stop blowing tweeters you either need to stop listening so loud with the little power that you have or get more power. you are clipping them and destroying them. simple as that.

 

[fast85_gt]

maks since thanks