Originally posted by sound_contour:
actually as many of us know, overpowering a speaker wont blow it all the time. in fact, youre almost more likely to blow an underpowered speaker than an overpowered one. the reason is that a speaker doesnt blow because it gets too much power or plays too loud, it blows when it is being stretched beyond the means you provide it. when you start to get clipping from the speaker, THATS a bad sign. basically, if the speaker is trying to produce sound with sine waves that are at right angles, it will blow
hope i explained that clearly and properly, feel free to correct me guys!
I think everyone has different ideas to what "blowing" a speaker really is - I've seen speakers torn up from underpowering , the speaker will move far but looses its qualilty/response real quick until it just sounds like junk ( but still "works" ) ... but at the same time I've put about 2100-2400 watt amp ( AC in house ) to a cheap 400 watt 12" and the 1st beat it made was its last - the voice coils decided to melt themselves together. But alot of peps think the the dustcover needs to shoot across the room in flames to say they blew there speaker
:p
