How to read speaker sensitivity rating?


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When reading the sensitivity rating on speaker specs, does a lower number mean the speaker is easier to drive than a speaker with a higher number? Such as a speaker rated 78 db would be easier to drive than a speaker rated 102 db?
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mitch4t

Showing 1 response by swampwalker

Again, other way around. The units on the ratings are db/watt/m. So the 78 dB speaker produces an spl of 78 dB, measured 1 meter from the speaker, when driven with an input of 1 watt. The other would give an spl of 102 dB with the same one watt of input power, measured at the same 1 m distance.