02audionoob
08-23-2008, 08:37 PM
So let's say I get a 100-watt Adcom amp and hook it up to my Focal bookshelf speakers that are rated for 75 watts, which I think is an RMS number. I start playing a somewhat bassy pop song (one of my guilty pleasures I could never disclose) with the tone-control switch set to out. I turn it up to almost 5 of 10. Eventually the bassy part comes around and woofer starts to sound like blaat-blaat--blaat rather than thump, thump, thump. I turn down the volume after hearing 2 or 3 seconds of this.
Since that time, the speakers seem to sound ok, although the one that made most of the unfortunate noise seems like it might be a little less clear in the treble range than the other...and so my question is: Would 3 seconds of that over-driven sound have likely caused damage to the speakers? Right now, Steely Dan "Babylon Sisters" is spinning and it seems to sound good, but I know speakers aren't going to heal themselves. If I damaged them, I'll be kicking myself for a year.
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Since that time, the speakers seem to sound ok, although the one that made most of the unfortunate noise seems like it might be a little less clear in the treble range than the other...and so my question is: Would 3 seconds of that over-driven sound have likely caused damage to the speakers? Right now, Steely Dan "Babylon Sisters" is spinning and it seems to sound good, but I know speakers aren't going to heal themselves. If I damaged them, I'll be kicking myself for a year.
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