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<blockquote data-quote="Brian jojade" data-source="post: 140412" data-attributes="member: 211"><p>Re: Under powering speakers</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Speakers are damaged by too much power, or physically moving beyond their ability. It is possible that a signal can contain the right harmonics to cause a speaker to move beyond it's physical limits and cause damage without overdriving the speaker.</p><p></p><p>As far as why square waves cause damage, it's because a square wave is twice the actual power of a sine wave. Even though the max voltage is the same, if you clip your amp, you could be providing up to twice the rated power of the amp to the speaker.</p><p></p><p>The answer is never clip your amp and you should be fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brian jojade, post: 140412, member: 211"] Re: Under powering speakers Speakers are damaged by too much power, or physically moving beyond their ability. It is possible that a signal can contain the right harmonics to cause a speaker to move beyond it's physical limits and cause damage without overdriving the speaker. As far as why square waves cause damage, it's because a square wave is twice the actual power of a sine wave. Even though the max voltage is the same, if you clip your amp, you could be providing up to twice the rated power of the amp to the speaker. The answer is never clip your amp and you should be fine. [/QUOTE]
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