In Reply to: best analysis ive seen on this subject...I trust your numbers... posted by NonA. on March 30, 2005 at 11:49:59:
Clipping will damage a tweeter very quickly. Ask any retailer. When you clip say a 300 Hz note it will be distorted and create multiples of this at the second, 600 Hz, and third 900 Hz as well as higher harmonics. So the clipped signal will be fed to the midrange and tweeter as a burst of distortion. In complex musical signals of say two tones you will also get multiples of these and the difference. On a storage scope a clipped signal will show strong upper frequencies out to the ninth.
Yes a tweeter can dissipate this load as heat briefly then its impedance will rise, sensitivity drops, thermal compression sets in and the neo magnet will be permanently demagnetized once it reaches 100C. This happens all the time when the power limits of a tweeter are exceeded.
Ron-C
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- Re: best analysis ive seen on this subject...I trust your numbers... - Ron-C 03/30/0518:39:52 03/30/05 (7)
- "Clipping will damage a tweeter very quickly. Ask any retailer" (... who wants to sell you an expensive amplifier !!!) - Richard BassNut Greene 08:28:12 03/31/05 (0)
- Re: best analysis ive seen on this subject...I trust your numbers... - NonA. 18:48:02 03/30/05 (5)
- Re: best analysis ive seen on this subject...I trust your numbers... - MarkgM 19:04:53 03/30/05 (4)
- Note that the Rane article referred to a 1000Hz. 12dB/octave high-pass filter appropriate only for pro audio - Richard BassNut Greene 08:16:29 03/31/05 (3)
- On second thought... - MarkgM 13:39:28 03/31/05 (0)
- Good point! That sounds hard to enjoy :-) - MarkgM 12:16:07 03/31/05 (1)
- Clipping got its bad reputation in 1960's with inefficient speakers, low power ss amps & low power handling tweeters - Richard BassNut Greene 11:09:26 04/1/05 (0)