GG> .01%).  You just don't see too many THD levels at 1% or higher these
 GG> days at normal levels.      Even if they were 1%, I don't think there
 GG> are too many people who can reliably hear 5% THD, let alone 1% or
 GG> less.
True, but my speakers sure can... and generally, distortion isn't too good 
for them when you're cranking them up...
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 183 AUDIO         Ref: DBU20568 Date: 07/25/96
From: MICHAEL SUHM                                          Time: 02:09am
\/To: SEAN DUNBAR                                         (Read 5 times)
Subj: R: Re: CAR AUDIO...NEED A LI

SD> GG> .01%).  You just don't see too many THD levels at 1% or higher thes
SD> GG> days at normal levels.      Even if they were 1%, I don't think the
SD> GG> are too many people who can reliably hear 5% THD, let alone 1% or
SD> GG> less.
SD>True, but my speakers sure can... and generally, distortion isn't too go
SD>for them when you're cranking them up...
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Actually, speakers don't mind distortion at all.  The amp may be
distorting, but the speaker doesn't know that.  It's just getting
current.
What the speaker doesn't want is the current that's just on the
other side of that distortion, which , for the amp, is a clipped
signal to the point that it sends out DC current to the speaker.
That's what melts voice coils.
(When the amp is playing cleanly, the amp is sending AC current to
the speakers.)
-
Mike
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FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 183 AUDIO         Ref: DBT00006 Date: 07/21/96
From: SEAN DUNBAR                                           Time: 11:39pm
\/To: TYLER SMITH                                         (Read 4 times)
Subj: Re: CAR AUDIO...NEED A LITTLE HELP, I'M 23:39:3807/21/96

 TS> first of all...Thanks a lot!...the only thing that confused me were
 TS> the above lines 50+50=100...(obviously) but if you have a 50x2 amp
 TS> and say, a 30x4 in your reciever...won't you just get 50 to each of
 TS> two speakers, and 30 to four??  this was the reasoning behind my
 TS> saying 80 watts to 2 speakers...not just a mathematical
 TS> error....please let me know if you get a chance...Thanks again!
 TS> type at you later
Depends.  If you have the speakers running off the amp, then the amp built 
into the head unit isn't doing squat.
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