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<blockquote data-quote="Bennett Prescott" data-source="post: 147391" data-attributes="member: 4">Re: Noob QuestionsHey Theo,Welcome to the forum. Power handling is actually a pretty complicated question. Depending on your signal it&#039;s possible to blow up a speaker rated for 800 watts with less than half that much power - or it could be fine being run by an amplifier with several times that much power. The short answer is if you occasionally blink the DDT lights you&#039;re probably going to be fine. Also, don&#039;t waste your time or money on a power conditioner or surge protector. They don&#039;t do any magic, and because of all the interconnected signal cables probably won&#039;t save your gear as a surge can travel along signal grounds as well as power grounds.Here&#039;s an article I wrote years ago on power handling: <a href="http://bennettprescott.com/downloads/LoudspeakerFundamentals.pdf" target="_blank">http://bennettprescott.com/downloads/LoudspeakerFundamentals.pdf</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bennett Prescott, post: 147391, member: 4"] Re: Noob Questions Hey Theo, Welcome to the forum. Power handling is actually a pretty complicated question. Depending on your signal it's possible to blow up a speaker rated for 800 watts with less than half that much power - or it could be fine being run by an amplifier with several times that much power. The short answer is if you occasionally blink the DDT lights you're probably going to be fine. Also, don't waste your time or money on a power conditioner or surge protector. They don't do any magic, and because of all the interconnected signal cables probably won't save your gear as a surge can travel along signal grounds as well as power grounds. Here's an article I wrote years ago on power handling: [url]http://bennettprescott.com/downloads/LoudspeakerFundamentals.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]

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