Too much power going to a speaker?
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Originally Posted by adamjgriffin,May 4 2009, 04:27 PM
Noob too, but always thought that too little power was worse than too much, as its the clipping of the sound that is more likely to damage the speaker???
Alternately, if you have a 75watt amp that you try to drive to 100watts,
the output will be clipped (distorted) and the waveform that the speaker
is trying to reproduce is not a shape it's designed for, so even though
you have not exceeded that speaker's maximum, you could still damage
the speaker
the output will be clipped (distorted) and the waveform that the speaker
is trying to reproduce is not a shape it's designed for, so even though
you have not exceeded that speaker's maximum, you could still damage
the speaker
Learnt alot from this thread
) - which is why clipping is bad, mkay.
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Under "sources of clipping", it only talks about analog audio equipment. is that what is primarily used in car audio? or is there any difference with digital audio equipment, in relation to sources/general causes of clipping?
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Your amps work in analog and output from the HU is analog...
Speakers are analog - they don't really do digital.
Think of digital as being a purely off/on switch. So your speakers would be at max excursion or at min excursion if they were digital.
Speakers are analog - they don't really do digital.
Think of digital as being a purely off/on switch. So your speakers would be at max excursion or at min excursion if they were digital.
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