How does a speaker blow out?


I don't understand how a speaker "blows" if the wattage of the amplifier is less than the upper limit of the speaker's limit.  Then again, I guess I don't really understand what "clipping" is.  The amp is 22w, I was listening at a moderately high level, there was a bass heavy section in the music, and then I heard the most painful noise coming from one the of woofers.  Sad.

mikedc

Showing 1 response by lonemountain

From my experience too low power (ie HF clipping) is generally the culprit behind tweeters failing, but over power (possibly LF clipping but certainly overheating the   voice coil ) is why you blow woofers.  Subsonics can often be the mysterious cause of over output in LF.  Curious  this happened on notoriously difficult  organ material.