That is what they meen by average/continuous RMS and peak RMS. Rememver, your hearing is logarithmic, so you need many times the power for a small increase in volume.So a speaker must be able to withstand huge peaks even though most of the signal is much softer. The average level of the sound is very soft, but sudden peaks (drums, transients, etc) will suddenly increase the power by 10 dB (a lot!). we don't really use that much power to drive speakers anyway.įor audio, average and peak generally mean somthing different. Anyone else want to chime in? Maybe they just push a bunch of power into the speaker and mark the value as the maximum of the speaker right before it blows up?Īnyways, I don't even think the maximum power even matters, as long as it can get loud enough. I'm not really sure how you can apply that math into power handling on a speaker.
it is the square root of the average of the sum of the squares of the power being output over a certain period of time, which is a value of amplification. Hm maybe 150W is the maximum amount of power it should be fed? It could possibly take that much power consistently.īut Root-mean-square power is not really a handling value, it is a power output value.
Truth is I would have to hear any pair of speakers first to judge them properly. I even had a guy at Soundtrack tell me that 200 watts max was pretty high for a 15" 3-way pair of speakers. And I do hate the fact that most everybody lists the max power rather than the RMS. I just wanted to know what the RMS power handling is. If the shipping costs are reasonable, take their bet, since that is all that you are risking. They are betting that you wll like them and keep them. The best way to tell is order them and try them.
I have dealt with that company, and they have a very good return policy (although you have to follow up to make sure that they credit your account). I am assuming a soft dome of some sort, which may be good.īottom line: I haven't a clue how they will sound from the description. Natural fiber tweeters is a very interesting statement.
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No word on driver surround? Better drivers have rubber surrounds and cast baskets. Radiused corners are good, while pointy square corners are cheap to manufacture, are not durable, and add diffraction and re-emission. Real wood veneer is good, I guess, but has nothing to do with the sound. It has great damping properties, and it is cheap and easy to work with, so it is industry default. I still can't believe that manufacturers brag about MDF, which is basically very thick cardboard. Although many high accuracy speakers exhibit low efficiency, the reverse is not necessarily true. That won't keep me from rendering an opinion!Ĩ6db is surprisingly low efficiency for a 3-way. There is not much of anything in those specs. These are now on sale for just under $300.
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