Re: System down: Audiophile urgency

On 17 Apr 2008 23:58:04 GMT, Edmund <nomail@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>Not sure at all, maybe if the power supply is too small for 
>the amplifier. When the amplifier clips, it produces lots of 
>high frequency products, which go through the passive filter
>and are lead to the tweeter. I think it is well known 
>that one can burn a tweeter by putting the ( low )loudness 
>on and turn the bass up. ( and causing the amplifier to clip ).

I just ventured to explain the clipping event itself does not distroy
speakers / tweeters or xovers. There is another mechanism at work.

The "small amplifiers fry speakers due to clipping" sort of grew into
sort of an urban legend; it may be useful to understand the full
mechanism.

I found the following study useful:

http://www.audiovisualdevices.com.au/downloads/rane/note128.pdf

-- 
 - René