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<blockquote data-quote="n2audio" data-source="post: 8691883" data-attributes="member: 540940"><p>~10+ yrs ago when Richard Clark and David Navone moderated at the carsound tech forums there were endless amounts of information/debates between engineers and this was always a popular topic. JL had a rep there a lot. JBL had a rep there a lot -- among others.</p><p></p><p>He would often reference his experience testing speakers in the lab. They had a giant commercial amp on a cart they wheeled around for all these tests. Its power output was insane. Like 10kw x 2 or something like that. He said they commonly used it to test 50w coaxials. They never damaged a speaker unless they made a mistake on the power handling test.</p><p>IMO having an amp that matches the speaker's RMS rating is the bare minimum if optimal speaker performance is the goal. Generally, I think 150-200% is the sweet spot.</p><p></p><p>RMS ratings are supposed to be what the speaker can handle continuously for an indefinite amount of time. Music is nowhere near that type of signal, as you clearly understand. You would need to exceed the rms rating for several seconds, if not minutes for it to even be a concern. So unless your plan is blast 0dB sine waves all the time there's not much point in concerning yourself with power ratings unless you're doing something completely ridiculous.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="n2audio, post: 8691883, member: 540940"] ~10+ yrs ago when Richard Clark and David Navone moderated at the carsound tech forums there were endless amounts of information/debates between engineers and this was always a popular topic. JL had a rep there a lot. JBL had a rep there a lot -- among others. He would often reference his experience testing speakers in the lab. They had a giant commercial amp on a cart they wheeled around for all these tests. Its power output was insane. Like 10kw x 2 or something like that. He said they commonly used it to test 50w coaxials. They never damaged a speaker unless they made a mistake on the power handling test. IMO having an amp that matches the speaker's RMS rating is the bare minimum if optimal speaker performance is the goal. Generally, I think 150-200% is the sweet spot. RMS ratings are supposed to be what the speaker can handle continuously for an indefinite amount of time. Music is nowhere near that type of signal, as you clearly understand. You would need to exceed the rms rating for several seconds, if not minutes for it to even be a concern. So unless your plan is blast 0dB sine waves all the time there's not much point in concerning yourself with power ratings unless you're doing something completely ridiculous. [/QUOTE]
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