ryan s
they dont think it
clipping can't kill a speaker unless you push it past its thermal limits, for too long (or exploit it in another way...a design flaw, weak part...or use it wrong, like a tweeter without a highpass filter at loud volume). it simply can't play the clipped portions of the sine wave.
if you're pushing it into distortion with a non-clipped signal, as in using a stock speaker off an aftermarket headunit with the bass up, the driver can still withstand it for a time. however, you won't be able to push the source unit into clipping since the speakers will sound terrible long before that point. if a stock speaker is blown while being underpowered, its probably due to the lack of a highpass filter...i probably messed up the one because it was trying to reproduce 80Hz on down
when you clip an amp or source unit, you know it maxing the gain, bass boost, etc doesn't automatically cause clipping.
if you're pushing it into distortion with a non-clipped signal, as in using a stock speaker off an aftermarket headunit with the bass up, the driver can still withstand it for a time. however, you won't be able to push the source unit into clipping since the speakers will sound terrible long before that point. if a stock speaker is blown while being underpowered, its probably due to the lack of a highpass filter...i probably messed up the one because it was trying to reproduce 80Hz on down
when you clip an amp or source unit, you know it
maxing the gain, bass boost, etc doesn't automatically cause clipping.
