Totally disagree with you Goalie.

1: a speaker is dumb, weather it gets a clipped signal or not, the only thing that matters is that
-It can dissipate the heat
-It does not go past it's mechanical limits.

2istortion doesn't kill the speaker, ow can the speaker tell the difference between distortion and no distortion? The answer is it can't. Some of my music was recorded with a lot of distortion and clipping in it... won't harm my speakers one bit.

The Basic Car Audio Electronics webpage is spot on.

 

I just read this on that website lol.

You should remember:
1.Idiots blow speakers, not low power.

 

Agree

Agree

IMHO Amplifier clipping will do damage too.

 

Whats the difference between a damaged speaker and a blown speaker?

 

It's basically the same. I was just stating that you can harm the voice coil with amp clipping. Over time with a consistent clipped signal, the voice coil will eventually give up.

 

Ah thanks for that :-], I really don't want to blow my 360$ speakers so I better go easy on them until I put in an amp.

 

When clipping causes damage it is because of one of the 2 scenarios previously mentioned...or both I guess.

Really, how else can power damage a speaker other then heat and\or pushing it pasts its limits?

 

I think the first thing that would get damaged first would be the tweeter, as someone mention already in this forum.

When the volume is up higher it's really hard to tell if it's clipping or not, Almost sounds like a hissing sound but it's nearly impossible to tell if it's part of the song or clipping.

 

This really is at the heart of it. If the user cannot tell when the speakers are in distress then they are going to destroy them regardless of power. I had a customer one time who blew up everything he bought. Some people are just like that.

For 20 years I have told people two things that I believe the absolute truth:

1) Vented boxes rule.

2) If it sounds bad, turn it down.

People can argue #1 but #2 is indisputable.

 

x2 with Dukk