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<blockquote data-quote="headless" data-source="post: 4984521" data-attributes="member: 566363">i&#039;d be pretty dissatisfied with my power line CS&#039;s if i only pushed them 150w/side.Another thing to consider about power ratings is that they are generally given at a specific crossover point.&nbsp; If you cross your speakers over at a higher x-over point than they rate them at, it is likely that you can push more power to them than the rating suggests before they reach mechanical failure, because higher frequency = less excursion //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif&nbsp; Note that you can still melt the VC&#039;s just fine, so it really depends on the speaker as to whether they can take the extra power or not.&nbsp; If the rating from a particular speaker is given because they just can&#039;t take the heat of that much power, raising the x-over point isn&#039;t going to help.&nbsp; If the speaker can take all that power without a problem but it its mechanical max at a particular wattage at a particular frequency that the company rates them at....then you may have room to work with.&nbsp; For example, the power line CS are rated from 35hz up.&nbsp; True to form, you can run them full range if you&#039;re nuts...you just can&#039;t turn them up too far, or they will reach their mechanical limits.&nbsp; If you cross these suckers over at 80hz/12db (fairly &#039;standard&#039; for lesser component sets...or even 12db/100hz! ugh), they barely even move, compared to crossing them over at 60hz and steep 24db slope results in a lot more movement.&nbsp; If you push the volume too far, you will reach their max excursion.&nbsp; If you bring the x-over point back up to 80hz, you have room once again to add even more power.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="headless, post: 4984521, member: 566363"] i'd be pretty dissatisfied with my power line CS's if i only pushed them 150w/side. Another thing to consider about power ratings is that they are generally given at a specific crossover point. If you cross your speakers over at a higher x-over point than they rate them at, it is likely that you can push more power to them than the rating suggests before they reach mechanical failure, because higher frequency = less excursion [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif[/IMG] Note that you can still melt the VC's just fine, so it really depends on the speaker as to whether they can take the extra power or not. If the rating from a particular speaker is given because they just can't take the heat of that much power, raising the x-over point isn't going to help. If the speaker can take all that power without a problem but it its mechanical max at a particular wattage at a particular frequency that the company rates them at....then you may have room to work with. For example, the power line CS are rated from 35hz up. True to form, you can run them full range if you're nuts...you just can't turn them up too far, or they will reach their mechanical limits. If you cross these suckers over at 80hz/12db (fairly 'standard' for lesser component sets...or even 12db/100hz! ugh), they barely even move, compared to crossing them over at 60hz and steep 24db slope results in a lot more movement. If you push the volume too far, you will reach their max excursion. If you bring the x-over point back up to 80hz, you have room once again to add even more power. [/QUOTE]

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