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<blockquote data-quote="Ivan Beaver" data-source="post: 50470" data-attributes="member: 30">Re: Which limiters are good enough?THAT is the key.&nbsp; RIGHT involves a bit more than keeping the amp out of clip.&nbsp; It ALSO involves keeping the driver from overheating-due to a higher average power.&nbsp; That is why knowing the point of power compression is important.&nbsp; That number is not so easy to come by.One of the misunderstood aspects of limiting is NOT to use the limiter much.&nbsp; Let it be there just for the occosional &quot;oops&quot; that come along.&nbsp; a PROPER sized system is the answer.I hear it all the time &quot;but the amps never clipped!&quot;.&nbsp; YEAH-but the signal was buried in the limiter-therefore raising the AVERAGE-long term power-which means there is more HEAT going on-and therefore more possibility of failure.As I said earlier-there are several different tyhpes of limiters-which do different things.&nbsp; They are all important-depending on what the &quot;particular problem&quot; is.There are no magic bullets in audio.&nbsp; It depends-on a number of different factors.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ivan Beaver, post: 50470, member: 30"] Re: Which limiters are good enough? THAT is the key. RIGHT involves a bit more than keeping the amp out of clip. It ALSO involves keeping the driver from overheating-due to a higher average power. That is why knowing the point of power compression is important. That number is not so easy to come by. One of the misunderstood aspects of limiting is NOT to use the limiter much. Let it be there just for the occosional "oops" that come along. a PROPER sized system is the answer. I hear it all the time "but the amps never clipped!". YEAH-but the signal was buried in the limiter-therefore raising the AVERAGE-long term power-which means there is more HEAT going on-and therefore more possibility of failure. As I said earlier-there are several different tyhpes of limiters-which do different things. They are all important-depending on what the "particular problem" is. There are no magic bullets in audio. It depends-on a number of different factors. [/QUOTE]

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