just grabbed another bargain.....

[d2k 10+ year member]

hi all.......

just grabbed a set of comps LNIB for £30 = $48.... shipped

Vibe BlackAir 13cm comps

these are British distribution but i was wondering what the specs look like to everyone..?? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

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[Ge_off_me 5,000+ posts]

They sure are..... Unique =]

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

I haven't used them, but I've heard good things about vibe

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

cheers lads!!

it states a minimum of 50wrms...??, whats gonna happen if i give them less....... will i damage them.??

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

can you under-power speakers..??, i did hear on here somewhere that its a myth......

 

[theMessenjah44 10+ year member]

myth, try to keep around the rms rating or lower....don't go higher unless you really know what you're doing, lol

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

cheers buddy!!

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Silk dome tweeter = good

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

can you under-power speakers..??, i did hear on here somewhere that its a myth......

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[brynm 10+ year member]

myth, try to keep around the rms rating or lower....don't go higher unless you really know what you're doing, lol

I freely admit I barely know wtf I'm doing and I've been feeding my comps double rated power for a few years now with no issue.

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

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LMAO!!!

that's where i read it ......//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/cool.gif.3bcaf8f141236c00f8044d07150e34f7.gif

 

[audioholic 5,000+ posts]

I freely admit I barely know wtf I'm doing and I've been feeding my comps double rated power for a few years now with no issue.

There's a difference between hooking an amp to a set of comps that is rated for double their rated power, and actually supplying them double their rated power continuously. You've either gained your amp's output back significantly, so its not really outputting double the speakers' rated power, or the speakers you have were rated very poorly by their manufacturer.

When people 'overpower' their speakers by a significant amount, and call it headroom, this simply means the amp is gained down to lower its output to the level the speakers can handle, and all that wattage you removed from the output will go towards peak demand periods when an amp would normally start clipping immediately. This is why SQ guys like to 'overpower' their front stage, its a distortion reducing tactic for those peak output periods when the amp can draw significantly more power (and produce more output) than its rated for (or that it's gain/sensitivity is adjusted to).

The misconception that people are truly 'overpowering' their speakers by 2x, 3x or more times their rated power, stems from the same basic misunderstanding of rated power versus actual power that creates the misconception I address in my sig. Just because an amplifier is rated for X number of watts does not mean its outputting that many watts when the volume knob is turned all the way up, due to conditions such as gain settings, and system voltage for loosely regulated amps. It may be outputting less than rated, and it may be outputting more.

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

as long as it's not Lanzar Vibe, you're probably ok

 

[d2k 10+ year member]

as long as it's not Lanzar Vibe, you're probably ok

lol....noooo, there's no affiliation with Lanzar's entry level crap...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

someone did say to me (in the UK) that underpowering is just as bad as overpowering....

''apparently'' if you underpower speakers designed for pretty high RMS outputs the cone wont vibrate enough to cool the coil, thus killing them softly..lol //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

any truth to that....???

 

[bubbagumper6 5,000+ posts]

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lol, you were the first person I thought of when I read his question...