New Lanzar Opti tweeters....

[Magnus 10+ year member]

Pointless if you ask me...
105db/w/m, AND 500wrms power handling? Without SEVERE attenuation, nobody would be able to stand over 1 watt to those considering they are aluminum tweeters. At 500wrms, we are talking 130db just from the tweeters...That's death if you ask me!

I have heard some Klipsch La Scala's that were probably in the realm of 105db/w/m. They were almost deafeningly loud with 5 watts sent to them. And my ears can handle A LOT of abuse, trust me.

Are you serious bro? 5 watts? I figured the 500 watt RMS rating was pure bullshit. I was expecting no more then 100 watts RMS realistically. A 2.85 inch VC is insane for a tweeter so you never know...Might have to do some testing.

 

[Magnus 10+ year member]

Guess these will be seeing power from a really small 2 channel. Gains will be set very low.

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Are you serious bro? 5 watts? I figured the 500 watt RMS rating was pure bullshit. I was expecting no more then 100 watts RMS realistically. A 2.85 inch VC is insane for a tweeter so you never know...Might have to do some testing.

Think about it this way...

A 10db gain is double the loudness. Your normal pair of components or home audio speakers are about 90db/w/m. So for the La Scala's and the Lanzars, that's a 15db gain off the bat, or ABOUT 2.5 times as loud! You would need about 30 watts to a normal speaker to get as loud as the super tweeter off one watt. Or at 500wrms on the Lanzars, about 10,000! Pretty insane if you ask me...

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Guess these will be seeing power from a really small 2 channel. Gains will be set very low.

Run a pair of them off a little A/D/S powerplate amp, grab a couple pairs of super efficient midrange drivers, and run a 2500wrms substage. Will make for a very good sounding and LOUD system overall

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

How much powa do you think this 26K amp actually put out? Lanzar Car Audio

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

How much powa do you think this 26K amp actually put out? Lanzar Car Audio

It should put out 13k, but just a general judgement based on the suggested fuse...7k?

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Holy Mother of Mary, look at the THD!!!!!

Lanzar Car Audio

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

Holy Mother of Mary, look at the THD!!!!!
Lanzar Car Audio

T.H.D:

nice

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

It should put out 13k, but just a general judgement based on the suggested fuse...7k?

Aaahhh-greeeeed

 

[Suicide Bobb 5,000+ posts]

Follow down the Max lineup from the 5kwrms down to the 1.8kwrms amp, notice any pattern with the THD rating???

 

[miker 5,000+ posts]

Holy Mother of Mary, look at the THD!!!!!
Lanzar Car Audio

lmao

 

[Magnus 10+ year member]

Think about it this way...
A 10db gain is double the loudness. Your normal pair of components or home audio speakers are about 90db/w/m. So for the La Scala's and the Lanzars, that's a 15db gain off the bat, or ABOUT 2.5 times as loud! You would need about 30 watts to a normal speaker to get as loud as the super tweeter off one watt. Or at 500wrms on the Lanzars, about 10,000! Pretty insane if you ask me...

Makes sense. Even head unit power would destroy your ears. I'm wondering if the ratings are actual or not. But hell with a 2.85 inch VC they can't be too far off.

 

[matt_bennett05 10+ year member]

You're just ill I own a Vibe 4k... that's longer than my 3k... and 1/3 the power...if 1/3 isn't giving the Lanzar too much credit. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Magnus 10+ year member]

T.H.D:
nice

Sad thing is that is most likely rated correctly.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

I didn't notice a pattern out of all that randomness. Either typos or some one keeps forgeting to hide the truf