15 year olds system

[Seth=L]

well ive got a blown 4" (not from the sansui's) that i think i should destroy with this system, its rated at 5w and this puts out 100w so i think it could be fun

Don't do it, you run a risk of shorting and damaging the receiver. You don't want to be doing any experiments with the most valuable piece of audio equipment that you have, especially since you just invested your money into it.

I did that once with a receiver I spent over $200 on. I blew up two channels on it by making a simple mistake with some wiring. When a driver fails from being over-driven it can easily become highly resistive which may short and damage capacitors, transistors, and diodes (anything in the output signal path from the receiver) and repairs would be beyond your technical know how and having them done elsewhere would be costly.

If you're going to do experiments with junk, do it with junk. You wouldn't hitch a Rolls Royce to an old trailer to see if you could move it would you?

 

[Davemcc]

Did you get the owner's manual with the receiver? If not, you can download it here.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=STRDG500

 

[craig7]

Don't do it, you run a risk of shorting and damaging the receiver. You don't want to be doing any experiments with the most valuable piece of audio equipment that you have, especially since you just invested your money into it.

I did that once with a receiver I spent over $200 on. I blew up two channels on it by making a simple mistake with some wiring. When a driver fails from being over-driven it can easily become highly resistive which may short and damage capacitors, transistors, and diodes (anything in the output signal path from the receiver) and repairs would be beyond your technical know how and having them done elsewhere would be costly.

If you're going to do experiments with junk, do it with junk. You wouldn't hitch a Rolls Royce to an old trailer to see if you could move it would you?

oh, good point

 

[craig7]

Did you get the owner's manual with the receiver? If not, you can download it here.

http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-documents.pl?mdl=STRDG500

yea i got the manual with it

 

[craig7]

and now im gonna give this system the hardest test ever created, grand theft auto. all the explosions, gunshots, etc. gave my old 8" woofers a good amount of excursion, havent played it since the 8's died because games arent the same without bass

 

[Davemcc]

and now im gonna give this system the hardest test ever created, grand theft auto. all the explosions, gunshots, etc. gave my old 8" woofers a good amount of excursion, havent played it since the 8's died because games arent the same without bass

Don't expect excursion from those drivers. They will barely move even though they will deliver the bass. Not subsonic bass mind you. I don't think they really go down that low, frequency wise.

I've seen excursion of maybe half to 3/4 of an inch driving them very loud in a gymnasium with a full 275 watts per channel.

 

[craig7]

i have a song on my computer, the only bass in it is about 10-5Hz and they get some good excursion buy like you said, its only about half an inch, but i still love them

 

[crazystereoman]

15

it doesnt matter hes 15 im 15 to. i had a old stereo like that two 10 inch daichi loudspeakers with a old head unit from a ford worked okay for a starter stereo now ive got the whole setup a kenwood 2 way-3speaker set bose rears and older ankyo amp and my new sub the jensen qx-85 really good subs them especially for a 10 inch

 

[Sheep]

Gotta say, big thumbs up to Seth and Dave in this thread. You're like his 2 dads.

..wait.

SheepStar

 

[craig7]

Gotta say, big thumbs up to Seth and Dave in this thread. You're like his 2 dads.

..wait.

SheepStar

O_O

need more characters -.-

 

[craig7]

Wow I used to be an idiot. I guess I still kinda am with audio a bit but damn... Also the 8" speakers I had in the beginning were goldwoods.... Took 2 years to figure it out..

 

[Craigslist Joe]

You have a new fan: me!

 

[adwilk]

Wow I used to be an idiot.

Used to be? Just kidding, man.. You're no longer an idiot.. but you're still Canadian.

 

[lsiberian]

Wow I used to be an idiot.

I'm not sure that phase ends for any of us. Always get counsel from wise people.

 

[Bryceo]

My first systeam I was 13 so going back 6 years ago I had a 32" screen one of the first flat screens argh I was so foolish that thing was massive I had a set of 3 way pioneer speakers with a carbon fibber woofer and an 8" sansui subwoofer and a sansui receiver of course I had surrond sounds they where cobolt 5.1 boom box systeam I had pulled apart and taken the surrounds out and had a center speaker I thourt it was the best systeam ever

 

[3db]

I'm not sure that phase ends for any of us. .

Just ask our spouses/gf...I'm sure they would vouch for us.