In Reply to: Square Waves, yes. posted by edta on October 9, 2002 at 16:42:43:
Edta,I wouldn't worry too much about blowing the speakers out. It's very unlikely that if you drop the tone arm or something that speaker damage will occur. In my experience speaker damage occurs when playing at very high volume levels for some time. And in every instance it was the tweeter that was damaged.
You see what happens is the voice coil over heats and burns up. This isn't something that happens in 1 second if you drop the tone arm. Unless you have 200 watts going into a 2 watt driver. I'm sure a 30 watt amp will do just fine with your speakers.
By any chance do you have a hi-end dealer near you? Usually they will let you borrow a piece of equipment for a day or two. They will require some type of deposit. Most of the time they just swipe your credit card then credit it back when returned. This will give you a chance to try out several different amps and see how they sound.
Any chance you are in the Chicago area?
Ray
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