Recipe for Destruction
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Higgity I'm afraid your facts are wrong. This is cut directly off the MB-Quart web page and I'll include the link because they thoroughly explain in technical terms the damage caused by UNDERpowering subs. "Contrary to popular belief, overpowering a speaker is NOT the worst thing you can do to a speaker. Underpowering it IS!" and now for the link http://www.mbquart.com/ma-techpapers.htm
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I'm not even going to get into this argument again.
For anyone that cares to see the electronic, as well as the logical explinations as to how underpowering a sub in no way harms it, feel free to check out the forums at www.sounddomain.com , www.termpro.com , www.ultimateaudio.com , and any other audio site you can find. I know for a fact there was a good 3 months where SD's forums were clogged full of this ****e. It's one of those constant pissing contests between the idiots, and the people that know underpowering with properly set levels in no way will harm a sub.
For anyone that cares to see the electronic, as well as the logical explinations as to how underpowering a sub in no way harms it, feel free to check out the forums at www.sounddomain.com , www.termpro.com , www.ultimateaudio.com , and any other audio site you can find. I know for a fact there was a good 3 months where SD's forums were clogged full of this ****e. It's one of those constant pissing contests between the idiots, and the people that know underpowering with properly set levels in no way will harm a sub.
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From: North Central MA
Also... maybe you should have read not only my original post, but also the text of that MBQ article.
Me - "Underpowering in no way harms subs. Having an underpowered amp and cranking the gain so it blasts out distorted watts harms subs."
MBQ -"Since the signal no longer resembles the original, it sounds different. This causes distortion, sometimes subtle, sometime very apparent. As you can see in the next figure, the signal can look nothing like a smooth "sine" wave of the original. This is the dangerous distortion for speakers. Not only does it introduce a more "square wave" type of signal which is tough for speakers to reproduce, but it also increases the relative "RMS" wattage of the amp. For example, if the RMS output of an amp is 35 watts, then the peak output is 50 watts (and peak-to-peak is 100 watts, where some amp companies rate their stuff). But if you put in a square wave, then the RMS value does not apply and the actual wattage output is closer to 50 peak watts. You may think you are putting 35 watts into speakers that can handle 50, but you are actually putting in 50 "hard-to-handle" watts. Do this for a while and your speakers will cook - even though your amp was "under rated" for the speakers."
Should I highlight the important words?
Me - "Underpowering in no way harms subs. Having an underpowered amp and cranking the gain so it blasts out distorted watts harms subs."
MBQ -"Since the signal no longer resembles the original, it sounds different. This causes distortion, sometimes subtle, sometime very apparent. As you can see in the next figure, the signal can look nothing like a smooth "sine" wave of the original. This is the dangerous distortion for speakers. Not only does it introduce a more "square wave" type of signal which is tough for speakers to reproduce, but it also increases the relative "RMS" wattage of the amp. For example, if the RMS output of an amp is 35 watts, then the peak output is 50 watts (and peak-to-peak is 100 watts, where some amp companies rate their stuff). But if you put in a square wave, then the RMS value does not apply and the actual wattage output is closer to 50 peak watts. You may think you are putting 35 watts into speakers that can handle 50, but you are actually putting in 50 "hard-to-handle" watts. Do this for a while and your speakers will cook - even though your amp was "under rated" for the speakers."
Should I highlight the important words?
Its like TOMBSTONE in this *****. This ain't got nothing to do with my thread please argue elsewhere fellas.
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