read the whole thing... what I said was "how do you know how far the line is with your particular speakers as far as clipped signal goes (if you're clipping them, you should be raped in the arse with the basket after the cone has blown out) until you reach the breaking point?

without the parenthesis, it says "how do you know how far the line is with your particular speakers as far as clipped signal goes until you reach the breaking point?"

but I can understand your confusion, it must be hard studying physics without understanding english.

well what line do you want draw for you ?

power is power clipped or not.....

I would think if your speakers are spewing harmonic distortion from amp clipping you would have the sense to turn it down.... like wise if you are smacking the coils on the backplate and slamming the suspension from too much power you should have the sense to turn it down.... (If you begin to smell burning glue you should also have the sense to turn it down... lol)



BTW, Id hardy call your 'question' grammatically correct.

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The line I'm talking about is the line for a particular speaker; whatever speaker happens to be in a person's particular application, at which the distortion level raises the average power to levels that are too much for that speaker. As I said, until you reach that point, it is impossible to tell that you are there.

and I agree on the whole issue of turning down the volume once the speaker starts to distort... hence the comment about raping people up the arse with blown speakers.

here's a quick one for your physics mind... how much current does it take to drive a 1 HP motor on a 600V system, including I^2xR losses, and friction losses?

short answer... 1 amp.
I'll explain if I need to, but I'm sure you're smart enough to figure it out, eventually.

well I suppose the point you are getting at is that you don't necassarilly need 100watts for a 100 watt speaker ?

I agree...

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that's not what I'm saying at all... though it is true, that you do not need 100 watts for a 100 watt speaker...

I'm talking about a 1 horsepower motor, in a 600V AC system, will draw 1 amp and still put out 1 horsepower.

I'm trying to make a point here... so bear with me.

I'mnabout to go add my own thoughts to the thread on carsound... from a very different perspective.