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<blockquote data-quote="Paul OBrien" data-source="post: 218689" data-attributes="member: 7285"><p>Loudspeaker drivers are damaged from being overpowered in some way, too much peak power(causes over excursion) or too much continuous average power(causes VC overheating), the catch is that it is possible to achieve either of these with any size of amplifier it just depends on the specifics of the situation. Clipping a signal in itself is of no real danger, but when an amp is driven into clipping the average signal level increases and most of the extra energy is at higher frequencies and that could lead to the HF driver being overpowered. LF drivers are less susceptable to amp clipping, the inductance of the voice coil acts as a low pass filter so all that extra clipping energy doesn&#039;t amount to much of a power increase for these drivers. So yes an undersized amp can be dangerous if the operator doesn&#039;t care what the system sounds like, but a more powerful amp is even more dangerous in the same hands.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Paul OBrien, post: 218689, member: 7285"] Loudspeaker drivers are damaged from being overpowered in some way, too much peak power(causes over excursion) or too much continuous average power(causes VC overheating), the catch is that it is possible to achieve either of these with any size of amplifier it just depends on the specifics of the situation. Clipping a signal in itself is of no real danger, but when an amp is driven into clipping the average signal level increases and most of the extra energy is at higher frequencies and that could lead to the HF driver being overpowered. LF drivers are less susceptable to amp clipping, the inductance of the voice coil acts as a low pass filter so all that extra clipping energy doesn't amount to much of a power increase for these drivers. So yes an undersized amp can be dangerous if the operator doesn't care what the system sounds like, but a more powerful amp is even more dangerous in the same hands. [/QUOTE]

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