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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 1935165" data-attributes="member: 555320">The laws of physics.Distortion DOES NOT damage speakers or subwoofers.&nbsp; The only, yes, the only, possible way to damage a speaker or subwoofer is from exceeding the speaker&#039;s/subwoofer&#039;s thermal or mechanical limitations.&nbsp; And exceeding those would be the result of too much power, and too much power alone.You may have blown a subwoofer with a highly distorted (clipped) signal, but the distortion/clipping is not what damaged the subwoofer.&nbsp; It was the increased level of power that damaged it.&nbsp; And no, it&#039;s not a matter of semantics.&nbsp; You can send a highly distorted signal to a driver, and the driver will not be damaged as long as the level of the signal does not exceed the drivers mechanical or thermal limitations.&nbsp; Because the determining factor is power, not the level of distortion in the signal.Yes, a highly clipped signals contain more power than a pure sine wave.&nbsp; And, again, the power is the damaging factor in that equation.&nbsp; You can apply that same highly clipped signal to a speaker capable of handling the applied power, and no damage will be sustained.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 1935165, member: 555320"] The laws of physics. Distortion DOES NOT damage speakers or subwoofers. The only, yes, [B]the only[/B], possible way to damage a speaker or subwoofer is from exceeding the speaker's/subwoofer's thermal or mechanical limitations. And exceeding those would be the result of too much [I]power[/I], and too much power alone. You may have blown a subwoofer with a highly distorted (clipped) signal, but the distortion/clipping is not what damaged the subwoofer. It was the increased level of [I]power[/I] that damaged it. And no, it's not a matter of semantics. You can send a highly distorted signal to a driver, and the driver will not be damaged as long as the level of the signal does not exceed the drivers mechanical or thermal limitations. Because the determining factor is [I]power[/I], not the level of distortion in the signal. Yes, a highly clipped signals contain more [I]power[/I] than a pure sine wave. And, again, the power is the damaging factor in that equation. You can apply that same highly clipped signal to a speaker capable of handling the applied power, and no damage will be sustained. [/QUOTE]

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