If ya run a low power amp into any given speaker, when it clips the excessive runaway energy will melt your drivers, especially tweeters. With too much power, you'll surpass the physical limits of the drivers, exceed their excursions, whap the voice coils against their stops, and tear the cones to shreads. Just listen, you'll hear when something's going out of spec. In general I'd rather have too much than too little. The rule of thumb is: buy the most powerful amp you can afford up to the rated limit specified by the speaker maker. But don't sweat it, maybe discovering and marking the upper limit on your level control with a pencil or a lil piece of tape is the answer. Keep the battery in your smoke alarm fresh! :-)
Will my speakers be damaged if I use
hello, Will my speakers be damaged if I use higher power than it can handle? My speaker can handle max 125W (manufacture recommend 25W-100W), but I want to buy used amp from a friend which is 200W. So, do you think my speaker will blow up if I use 200W. Thank you very much DT