Watts are only a fraction of an amps power rating and the impact it will have on your speakers. I can show you a high current amp that puts out 2 watts and will destroy a lot of speakers. People get way to focused on watts in the power game. Like i have said many times before. It is like an engine with rating of horse power and torque. You can have a 500 horsepower car that could not pull a trailer, and then you could have an engine with 25 horsepower but 2000 feet pounds of torque that can pull a tree stump out of the ground. Point is there is way more to the formula and you have to look at the big picture. The world revolves around marketing and watts per channel is heavily marketed to the masses. Not meaningless but only small part of the big picture.
Low power amps and speaker damage?
I've always read that low power amps are more likely to damage speakers than high powered ones (provided they're not overdriven). This normally in threads where a member asks something like: Will my 200 watt amp damage my speakers rated at 100 watts?
I've driven several 86db, or thereabouts, efficient speakers with just a few watt tubed amps and have never damaged my speakers.
Was I just lucky or is it I didn't push the speakers into loud enough volume for the low watts to damage the drivers?
Thanks, and stay safe.
Mamoru
I've driven several 86db, or thereabouts, efficient speakers with just a few watt tubed amps and have never damaged my speakers.
Was I just lucky or is it I didn't push the speakers into loud enough volume for the low watts to damage the drivers?
Thanks, and stay safe.
Mamoru