Re: Re: Stereo equipment poll


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Posted by Chuck(G) on April 13, 2001 at 13:10:23:

In Reply to: Re: Stereo equipment poll posted by Brian Frederiksen on April 13, 2001 at 10:14:31:

"Power does not blow out a speaker, distortion does, maily clipping..."

Whoa, there, Brian! Have you found a magic incantation to circumvent P=I2R? What blows speakers out is the thermal overload from being unable to dissipate a too-high AVERAGE power level via I2R losses. Nothing to do with clipping, unless one is tempted to crank the volume up in an attempt to compensate for an amp that clips.

Sorry but this EE just had to question this pearl.


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