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<blockquote data-quote="T3mpest" data-source="post: 2434284" data-attributes="member: 560148">Dont&#039; believe ^, this is somewhat confusing I&#039;ll do my best.&nbsp; First things first, the power will NOT be 70 watts to each speaker.&nbsp; Let&#039;s look at it this way, we have a amp that can put out 100 watts at all frequencies 20-20k.&nbsp; Let&#039;s say the tweet is 20% effecient and the mid is 10%.&nbsp; How much power would we lose to heat using what I believe squeek is saying?&nbsp; Hmm, 90% of 100 is 90, 80% is 80.&nbsp; So 170 watts of power...&nbsp; How can we start with a 100 watt signal and lose 170 watts to heat?&nbsp; To get the same SPL across a wider bandwidth does require more power than getting it out of a smaller range.&nbsp; This is part of why we crossover speakers, while it wont&#039; actually improve the thermal power handling, they&#039;ll get louder off of less power.It&#039;s a very fine line.&nbsp; A speaker can put out 60 watts of power at all frequencies at the same time.&nbsp; However, this is within 1 channel, once you split the frequenices you split power as well.&nbsp; it put out 60 watts with total components being 20-20k. Once you ask it to split frequencies across the drivers, your losing power the power within each band.&nbsp; The power within each band depends on how big of a band you ask the speaker to play.&nbsp; At 1 frequency the power in that one freuqency is 60 watts.&nbsp; If you ask it to go fullrange, sure it&#039;s still 60 watts, divided within all the frequencies.&nbsp; That&#039; will be no different, until you ask it to split off by frequency.&nbsp; Essentially the more frequencies within a waveform, the less power that can be contained within each individual frequency that makes it up.&nbsp; So when you split them up, the power splits accordingly.&nbsp; This is part of why mids are more &quot;power hungry&quot; than tweeters.&nbsp; To get an even spread in terms of crossover power, you&#039;d need to a crossover to be set a 350hz, meaning the energy to produce 85 decibels of 20-350=351-20,000.&nbsp; Since most crossovers are closer to 2-3k, a very large portion of the engery is going to the woofer.I can&#039;t explain it much better than that, but I think my last paragraph makes sense if you think about it.&nbsp; if anyone else has question I may be able to elaborate, if you can let me know what&#039;s holding you up.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="T3mpest, post: 2434284, member: 560148"] Dont' believe ^, this is somewhat confusing I'll do my best. First things first, the power will NOT be 70 watts to each speaker. Let's look at it this way, we have a amp that can put out 100 watts at all frequencies 20-20k. Let's say the tweet is 20% effecient and the mid is 10%. How much power would we lose to heat using what I believe squeek is saying? Hmm, 90% of 100 is 90, 80% is 80. So 170 watts of power... How can we start with a 100 watt signal and lose 170 watts to heat? To get the same SPL across a wider bandwidth does require more power than getting it out of a smaller range. This is part of why we crossover speakers, while it wont' actually improve the thermal power handling, they'll get louder off of less power. It's a very fine line. A speaker can put out 60 watts of power at all frequencies at the same time. However, this is within 1 channel, once you split the frequenices you split power as well. it put out 60 watts with total components being 20-20k. Once you ask it to split frequencies across the drivers, your losing power the power within each band. The power within each band depends on how big of a band you ask the speaker to play. At 1 frequency the power in that one freuqency is 60 watts. If you ask it to go fullrange, sure it's still 60 watts, divided within all the frequencies. That' will be no different, until you ask it to split off by frequency. Essentially the more frequencies within a waveform, the less power that can be contained within each individual frequency that makes it up. So when you split them up, the power splits accordingly. This is part of why mids are more "power hungry" than tweeters. To get an even spread in terms of crossover power, you'd need to a crossover to be set a 350hz, meaning the energy to produce 85 decibels of 20-350=351-20,000. Since most crossovers are closer to 2-3k, a very large portion of the engery is going to the woofer. I can't explain it much better than that, but I think my last paragraph makes sense if you think about it. if anyone else has question I may be able to elaborate, if you can let me know what's holding you up. [/QUOTE]

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