I like to listen to music VERY loud yet I like it to be VERY clear....I think that is why I have blown 3 tweeters in the past week... I thought I was spending a lot of money on this set up, but I am seeing now that $2500 is chump change when it comes to high end audio...I just cant see those little bookshelf speakers putting out BIG sound, I may be wrong ,.......I really wish I would of found this site before I went with what I got...This whole ordeal is starting to take its toll on me....I have klipsch rp-280f speakers coming tomorrow at 10am and I bet by 3 or 4 o'clock I have the tweeters blown with this "GREAT FIT" receiver that "crutchfield" "ASSURED" me was MORE than enough to push these klipsch speakers....really frustrated at this point, wish I still smoked pot right about now
If you want loud and clear that means a big budget.
As I have posted many times, a speaker that can play at power, without distress and not blow up is a formidable affair. To do that your budget is nowhere near enough for the drivers involved, with nothing left for the cabinet and crossovers.
If you are on a limited budget then you you need quality over quantity.
A nice smooth frequency response with good dispersion aces high volume any day.
If you really want both, then you need to spend thousands, lots of them.
This is not Crutchfields fault. Your receiver is fine. That receiver has quite enough power to destroy any speaker in your budget.
Just think how hot a 100 watt incandescent light bulb gets. Now put that power in a coil on the end of the cone in a narrow magnet gap and just consider the problems.
The voice coil not actually blowing does not nearly end the problem. As the voice coil heats up the resistance goes up, so the output falls. This is called dynamic thermal compression, and it really mucks up the sound.
So the heat has to be dealt with fast. Only a few really renowned manufacturers of drivers begin to solve this problem.
It does not end wit the drivers, making them work together with a good crossover design that also helps with power distribution is another big issue. Then putting it all together in a well constructed and braced cabinet providing the correct loading comes into play. Good loudspeakers are heavy and so freight is also a major issue.
That is why there are so few good speakers, and good high powered speakers even rarer animals.
One last point, avoid Def Tech, I rate them unreservedly in the awful category.
If you can't up your budget, then buy either the PSB, Monitor audio of Focal bookshelves that have been recommended and watch your volume levels, especially rock music.
Lastly, speakers are far more often than not blown by too much power and not too little.
In my view under powering as a cause of speaker failure is rare if not non existent.
