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Tip of the Day: How to Avoid Blowing Out Your Speakers
Every so often some variation of this question gets asked on the Audioholics Forums, "Will I blow my speakers if I use amplifier X with speaker Y?" A good general answer is that so long as reasonable care is taken, odds are good your equipment will last for years to come. That is to say, if you detect strain or distortion, simply turn the volume down to the point where those problems go away. Bluntly, no you won't destroy your new speakers simply by the act of hooking them up to a receiver that can deliver something other than the exact amount of power they happen to be rated for, so go enjoy some tunes. Not satisfied yet? No problem, follow the few steps below to make sure your system stays rockin' for the long haul.
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Unless you have children who think that the volume knob only turns to the right.
The Surgeon General has determined that, time spent listening to music is not deducted from one's lifespan
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That looks like a JBL 2245 sub driver that has seen better days. Subs with that kind of damage are very common in cinemas.
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Some AVRs let you set a max gain in their configuration.Originally Posted by gmichael
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I can see how 'under' powered amps might have been able to blow some tweeters now and then but such talks tend to get over blown to the nth degree. To me, too much power on hand, if not used wisely, is a surer way to blow speakers. I guess most of us who work in the industry would have noticed there are tons of boom box/ghetto blasters have their volume know turned fully clockwise all day long, with fully distored sound for the sake of SPL, yet they seem to last forever. That is at lease one proof to support the camp that believe in too much power is more often the culprit than under power. At the end of the day it does not mattere which camp you belive, the golden rule is still, if you can hear distortion turn it down, except for those ghetto blasters in shops and canteens etc.
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