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<blockquote data-quote="Bennett Prescott" data-source="post: 23564" data-attributes="member: 4">Re: Stage issues. Help!Jonathan,Usually I set peak &quot;limiters&quot; by using an amplifier that can&#039;t provide more peak power than the driver can take. With pro drivers this is usually pretty easy, since even a compression driver can take several hundred watts peak.Almost any amp can burn up almost any driver nowadays with long term power, so I like to set my RMS limiters at 1/2 the driver&#039;s rated &quot;continuous&quot; power. If you&#039;re used to playing a numbers game, it may seem very strange to be limiting a 15&quot; woofer at 400 watts or so, but try it. Your rig will be very hard to blow up, you will avoid power compression, and your drivers will thank you.The peak power limiting is pretty hard to argue.The RMS, we could debate back and forth all day. For someone in your situation, I absolutely recommend using 1/2 the lowest power spec of the driver. If you&#039;re laying into that limiter you need more rig, and on the gigs where you need more rig and you&#039;re laying into that limiter you&#039;ll be real glad it&#039;s there.The 3dB in between conservative limiting and bleeding edge performance is why I get paid to do what I do.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bennett Prescott, post: 23564, member: 4"] Re: Stage issues. Help! Jonathan, Usually I set peak "limiters" by using an amplifier that can't provide more peak power than the driver can take. With pro drivers this is usually pretty easy, since even a compression driver can take several hundred watts peak. Almost any amp can burn up almost any driver nowadays with long term power, so I like to set my RMS limiters at 1/2 the driver's rated "continuous" power. If you're used to playing a numbers game, it may seem very strange to be limiting a 15" woofer at 400 watts or so, but try it. Your rig will be very hard to blow up, you will avoid power compression, and your drivers will thank you. The peak power limiting is pretty hard to argue. The RMS, we could debate back and forth all day. For someone in your situation, I absolutely recommend using 1/2 the lowest power spec of the driver. If you're laying into that limiter you need more rig, and on the gigs where you need more rig and you're laying into that limiter you'll be real glad it's there. The 3dB in between conservative limiting and bleeding edge performance is why I get paid to do what I do. [/QUOTE]

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