Too little power

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

Oh and it's 'You're'.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

Oh and it's 'You're'.

Greatest avatar ever.

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

this is the first forum I have ever heard something like this mentioned. Every other one there are plenty of educated people that will say the same thing, distortion kills speakers. And a clipped signal causes distortion. I run my system at full all the time, and it's never a clipped or distorted signal.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

sounds like they're not very educated on this subject...

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

this is the first forum I have ever heard something like this mentioned. Every other one there are plenty of educated people that will say the same thing, distortion kills speakers. And a clipped signal causes distortion. I run my system at full all the time, and it's never a clipped or distorted signal.

The only way this is true is if the amps are perfectly matched to the subs/speakers. Setting your gains to 1kw with a clean signal on a sub that handles 1kw, then sending a clipped signal will raise the area under the curve (RMS) above the thermal power handling of the sub

It is the power that kills the sub, not the distortion itself.

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

Power in audio applications is one of the most misunderstood concepts by consumers. The first hint is when people refer to something as "RMS power" or "RMS Watts". //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

If you believe that clipping or distortion damages a speaker, then you have to ask yourself: what is it (specifically) about these situations that damages the speaker? What is actually causing the damage?

 

[SPL Blazer 10+ year member]

with my set up the gains are all the way down and the gains on the processor are set using a cd, it also has a feature that tracks any freq boost and readjusts the input gains to just under the level of clipping.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

Then every time someone who listens to Jimmy Hendrix, their speakers would blow.
Clipping & distorion DON'T hurt your speakers!

wrong. speakers are very delicate and sensitive, even the strongest most powerful speakers are somewhat fragile about this...

clipped signals and unwanted distortion will ruin them.

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

wrong. speakers are very delicate and sensitive, even the strongest most powerful speakers are somewhat fragile about this...
clipped signals and unwanted distortion will ruin them.

I see cotjones has taught you well.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

its pretty simple stuff really //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

keep your speakers happy, they are delicate and emotinal.

 

[ultimate157 5,000+ posts]

And here's Hoss with his transparent sarcasm. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/laugh.gif.48439b2acf2cfca21620f01e7f77d1e4.gif

 

[DBfan187 5,000+ posts]

I heard he's a Mormon, err moron.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

I heard he's a Mormon, err moron.

i think i need a new ava //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

this is the first forum I have ever heard something like this mentioned.

Must not be on many forums....because I thought this was well understood.

Every other one there are plenty of educated people that will say the same thing, distortion kills speakers.

And they would be wrong.

It's not a hard conclusion to test. Send a 50w fully clipped signal to a high power handling sub, like you BL's.

Report back with your findings.

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

yes!! i love it.