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<blockquote data-quote="squeak9798" data-source="post: 565424" data-attributes="member: 555320">Wrong, the numbers aren&#039;t additive.........if they can both handle 70 watts, then as a pair they can only handle 70 watts.&nbsp; When you have components sets with passive crossovers, the power from the amp isn&#039;t split between them.&nbsp; If you have a 70 watt amp, then each speaker is going to receive 70 watts (assuming they are the same impedence).&nbsp; If you are sending 70 watts @ 4ohm to the component set, and the mid is 4ohm and the tweeter is 8ohm, then the mid will receive 70 watts but the tweeter will only recieve 35 watts.It isn&#039;t a power distrobution, it&#039;s a frequency response thing.&nbsp; Let&#039;s pretend theoretically that we are running 70 watt amp full range.&nbsp; That amp (again, theoretically) puts out 70 watts at all frequencies, correct??&nbsp; Now, pretend that we are running that amp to a component set with a passive crossover, with a crossover point of 3500hz.&nbsp; So, we are taking that full range signal from the amp and splitting up the frequencies between the mid and tweet at 3500hz.&nbsp; Now, since we are splitting the frequencies and nothing else, there is still going to be 70 watts worth of energy at all frequencies below the crossover point, and all frequencies above the crossover point, just the same as there was before we split the signal (since it was putting out 70w at all frequencies).Make sense??&nbsp; That&#039;s about the best I can explain it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="squeak9798, post: 565424, member: 555320"] Wrong, the numbers [I]aren't[/I] additive.........if they can both handle 70 watts, then as a pair they can only handle 70 watts. When you have components sets with passive crossovers, the power from the amp [I]isn't[/I] split between them. If you have a 70 watt amp, then [I]each speaker[/I] is going to receive 70 watts (assuming they are the same impedence). If you are sending 70 watts @ 4ohm to the component set, and the mid is 4ohm and the tweeter is 8ohm, then the mid will receive 70 watts but the tweeter will only recieve 35 watts. It isn't a power distrobution, it's a frequency response thing. Let's pretend theoretically that we are running 70 watt amp full range. That amp (again, theoretically) puts out 70 watts at all frequencies, correct?? Now, pretend that we are running that amp to a component set with a passive crossover, with a crossover point of 3500hz. So, we are taking that full range signal from the amp and splitting up the [I]frequencies[/I] between the mid and tweet at 3500hz. Now, since we are splitting the [I]frequencies[/I] and nothing else, there is [I]still[/I] going to be 70 watts worth of energy at all frequencies below the crossover point, and all frequencies above the crossover point, just the same as there was [I]before[/I] we split the signal (since it was putting out 70w at [I]all[/I] frequencies). Make sense?? That's about the best I can explain it. [/QUOTE]

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