Re: [OT] Understanding speakers & watts.

["jcom10" <jcom10@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks for the info guys!
Just went in to buy them, then noticed they say 4 Ohms. I'm sure my
amp says 8 Ohms. What's that all about?

Justin.

--- In ukha_d@y..., "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@v...>
wrote:
> I had great success in my "in car audio" days using good
quality and
> high(ish) powered amps on line fit speakers. I had used 4 x 40w
Rockford
> Fosgate amps on speakers which were supposedly rated at 8w and never
> blew one of them - even though they were used quite hard. They were
> filtered to restrict the lower end of the frequency range as too
much
> bottom end through them would kill them as it ripped apart the
> suspensions but that was about it.
>
> On the other hand I have seen loads of speakers destroyed by using
cheap
> and crappy amps which when driven into clipping simply spend most of
> their life putting out almost square wave DC (clipped AC waveforms)
> which - as Keith has said - destroys tweeters in seconds and mid
bass /
> subwoofers in hours!
>
> Phil
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Keith Doxey [mailto:ukha@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 02 January 2002 14:01
> > To: ukha_d@y...
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Understanding speakers & watts.
> >
> >
> > If you turn it up way too high then you can damage the
> > speakers, but an amp that is too small can damage the
> > speakers because when an amp is overdriven the resultant
> > clipping causes an excessive amount of high frequency energy
> > that kills tweeters pretty damn quick.
> >
> > On overpowered amp driven sensibly is much less dangerous.
> >
> > Mordant Short normally have "Positec" protection which
are
> > self resetting fuses that cut out if they are overdriven. (My
> > MS3.10's do anyway)
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Keith
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jcom10 [mailto:jcom10@xxxxxxx...]
> > Sent: 02 January 2002 13:46
> > To: ukha_d@y...
> > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Understanding speakers & watts.
> >
> >
> > I have been looking for some new surround speakers, and
> > recently saw a Mordaunt Short "Premier" package in
Richer
> > Sounds. SWMBO was with me and insists we get them because,
> > they are unobtrusive and "they look nice"! I would have
to
> > agree, but I don't think they are man enough for the job.
> >
> > The speakers are rated at 50W but my AV amp is, IIRC, 80W.
> > My assumption is that the speakers will be knackered if the
> > volume is turned up too loud. Is that correct?
> >
> > They aren't on the MS site (strange) & I can find very little
> > information about them on the web. Anyone have any experience
> > of these?
> >
> > Any recommendations for other speakers? The keyword here is
> > SMALL. I fancy the Bose Acoustimass ones but they are a bit
pricey.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Justin.
> >
> > PS: Happy new year to everyone!
> >
> >
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