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<blockquote data-quote="thylantyr" data-source="post: 4018271" data-attributes="member: 560358">Common thinking in audio says;Low sensitivity speakers: Need gobbles of power&#039;Normal&#039; sensitivity speakers:&nbsp; Need &#039;average&#039; power ampsHigh sensitivty speakers: Need low power ampsThese are generic stereotypes that progagate in the audio world. A simplerule of thumb like saying. If it rains, don&#039;t drive fast. If the weather is hot,you can driver faster. Don&#039;t drive faster than the speed limit.Who follows the rules? //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gifPeople assume amplifiers are unlimited in headroom. They are very limited.The type of headroom I refer to is &#039;clipping headroom&#039; because at somepoint during audio playback, the output signal hits it&#039;s limit and the dynamicof that transient is squashed. Squashed dyanmics are boring in sound, dull, lifeless.Line arrays can be high sensitivity speaker designs where a few watts perchannel can get you good SPL. But the dyamics are squashed. Low poweredamps on horns are also subject to squashed dynamics.What if you use amplifier with higher clipping headroom interfaced to yourhigh sensitivity speaker like a line array or horn speaker? The sound is morelife like.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thylantyr, post: 4018271, member: 560358"] Common thinking in audio says; Low sensitivity speakers: Need gobbles of power 'Normal' sensitivity speakers: Need 'average' power amps High sensitivty speakers: Need low power amps These are generic stereotypes that progagate in the audio world. A simple rule of thumb like saying. If it rains, don't drive fast. If the weather is hot, you can driver faster. Don't drive faster than the speed limit. Who follows the rules? [IMG]//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif[/IMG] People assume amplifiers are unlimited in headroom. They are very limited. The type of headroom I refer to is 'clipping headroom' because at some point during audio playback, the output signal hits it's limit and the dynamic of that transient is squashed. Squashed dyanmics are boring in sound, dull, lifeless. Line arrays can be high sensitivity speaker designs where a few watts per channel can get you good SPL. But the dyamics are squashed. Low powered amps on horns are also subject to squashed dynamics. What if you use amplifier with higher clipping headroom interfaced to your high sensitivity speaker like a line array or horn speaker? The sound is more life like. [/QUOTE]

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