jmanpc
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-Observation-
It's a common misconception that underpowering a subwoofer will cause it to fail thermally. I'm tired of hearing all this and that about blowing speakers with too little power.
-Experiment Description-
Step 1: Locate a low-powered amplifier
Step 2: Locate a sub with a power handling higher than the RMS wattage of the reciever
Step 3: Hook up the amplifier to the subwoofer for an extended period of time playing a 45hz, 0db sine wave.
Step 4: Check at regular intervals over a 24 hour period for driver failure
-The Equipment-
Amplifier: RCA HTIB Reciever.
Subwoofer channel output: ~50w @ 4 ohms
Subwoofer: Mach 5 MAW 12 Dual 2.2
Start time: 11:00 PM EST
Pics and vids soon.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif
It's a common misconception that underpowering a subwoofer will cause it to fail thermally. I'm tired of hearing all this and that about blowing speakers with too little power.
-Experiment Description-
Step 1: Locate a low-powered amplifier
Step 2: Locate a sub with a power handling higher than the RMS wattage of the reciever
Step 3: Hook up the amplifier to the subwoofer for an extended period of time playing a 45hz, 0db sine wave.
Step 4: Check at regular intervals over a 24 hour period for driver failure
-The Equipment-
Amplifier: RCA HTIB Reciever.
Subwoofer channel output: ~50w @ 4 ohms
Subwoofer: Mach 5 MAW 12 Dual 2.2
Start time: 11:00 PM EST
Pics and vids soon.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif
