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<blockquote data-quote="Timo Ulkuniemi" data-source="post: 132437" data-attributes="member: 1978">Re: Opinions on limiting for speaker protectionHelloIsn´t it wonderful, that when we get older - yes, you young shots, too - we realize, that there is so much more, that we hardly ever dreamed of, that we do not have a clue...In early days without ANY processing we simply tried to watch out and observe - and respect meters - and yes - I did not blow any speakers either.Oh well - there WAS processing - low-cut filter 18dB@ 40Hz ...I have this pair of JBL EVO speakers - quite nice things - they have a built in processor that measures voice-coil temperature and predicts what will happen if I keep the pace and starts limiting SLOWLY - perhaps 3dB/hour or so - which brings back the old wisdom - if your speakers can handle 1000W then drive them with 500W - thermal load is only 50%, while SPL is THEORETICALLY only 3dB less - in real life 0.5-2dB less ( supposing someone makes a speaker with only 1dB thermal compression at full power ) - so WHO is going to really hear the difference of driving the rack up to it´s last 3dB ??? And if you keep average round -6dB then you can let the transients go through freely - result : dynamic music with powerful peaks without having to worry about speakers blowing up. Perhaps not quite today´s trend, though.... so much compression everywhere - some singers are louder inhaling than &quot;singing&quot;...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Timo Ulkuniemi, post: 132437, member: 1978"] Re: Opinions on limiting for speaker protection Hello Isn´t it wonderful, that when we get older - yes, you young shots, too - we realize, that there is so much more, that we hardly ever dreamed of, that we do not have a clue... In early days without ANY processing we simply tried to watch out and observe - and respect meters - and yes - I did not blow any speakers either. Oh well - there WAS processing - low-cut filter 18dB@ 40Hz ... I have this pair of JBL EVO speakers - quite nice things - they have a built in processor that measures voice-coil temperature and predicts what will happen if I keep the pace and starts limiting SLOWLY - perhaps 3dB/hour or so - which brings back the old wisdom - if your speakers can handle 1000W then drive them with 500W - thermal load is only 50%, while SPL is THEORETICALLY only 3dB less - in real life 0.5-2dB less ( supposing someone makes a speaker with only 1dB thermal compression at full power ) - so [B]WHO is going to really hear the difference of driving the rack up to it´s last 3dB ???[/B] And if you keep average round -6dB then you can let the transients go through freely - result : dynamic music with powerful peaks without having to worry about speakers blowing up. Perhaps not quite today´s trend, though.... so much compression everywhere - some singers are louder inhaling than "singing"... [/QUOTE]

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