Treble Loss..

[joel2762]

Just recieved an e-mail from Quest. They informed me that these speakers do use speaker breaker tweeter protection. These are 120 watt speakers and I don't think that the tweeters should be cutting out like this. I'm glad they have this protection but maybe they should've used more powerful tweeters because I don't think that they should have to cut out at that level. Not even giving them 100 watts...Thanks for all the help everyone!

[mtrycraft]

Just recieved an e-mail from Quest. They informed me that these speakers do use speaker breaker tweeter protection. These are 120 watt speakers and I don't think that the tweeters should be cutting out like this. I'm glad they have this protection but maybe they should've used more powerful tweeters because I don't think that they should have to cut out at that level. Not even giving them 100 watts...Thanks for all the help everyone!

Well, that is good news to know
However, your speakers overal are 120 watts, not individual drivers, especially the tweeter. I am certain that you are not pumping 100 watts to the tweeters or they would be up in smoke. Tweeters in home application is good to handle 20 watts of direct power.
You may want to go back to Quest and see what their tweeters by itself will handle.

[joel2762]

I see your point. I know tweeters can't handle much power, but couldn't they design one differently. I know it's complicated, but what's the point of using a 20 watt tweeter, rating the speaker 120 watts, then not being able to give the speaker near 100 watts and have the tweeter shutting off? Does anyone else have speakers that do this, or have experienced a problem like this?