Hi
Id like to bring up something for mine and im sure a few other peoples education and stimulation.
What exactly do the power ratings mean ?
You have a 100 watt rated amplifier and a 2000 watt rated amp, its obvious that there is more energy available in the 2000 watt amp but lets talk about a few points.
1 - How does the 2000 watts actually increase the power, is there more current available ? are the voltage rails larger ? will it drive a lower impedance ?
2 - How does the power rating of a speaker get involved, i understand that you have say a 200 watt rating on the voice coils but how is this rating actually affecting things. What are the limiting factors ?
3 - What im getting is if you connext a 200 watt speaker coil to a 2000 watt amplifier we know it will work and not burn out. What is causing this the speaker to only draw enough power that it can handle ? obvioulsy wattage is a function of impedance, voltage and current. So im trying to figure out how a more powerful amp on a smaller speaker can work effectively without damaging the voice coil
Im sure this wont make sense to everyone but id like to get talk about this if nobody minds.
Alan
Hi
Id like to bring up something for mine and im sure a few other peoples education and stimulation.
What exactly do the power ratings mean ?
You have a 100 watt rated amplifier and a 2000 watt rated amp, its obvious that there is more energy available in the 2000 watt amp but lets talk about a few points.
1 - How does the 2000 watts actually increase the power, is there more current available ? are the voltage rails larger ? will it drive a lower impedance ?
2 - How does the power rating of a speaker get involved, i understand that you have say a 200 watt rating on the voice coils but how is this rating actually affecting things. What are the limiting factors ?
3 - What im getting is if you connext a 200 watt speaker coil to a 2000 watt amplifier we know it will work and not burn out. What is causing this the speaker to only draw enough power that it can handle ? obvioulsy wattage is a function of impedance, voltage and current. So im trying to figure out how a more powerful amp on a smaller speaker can work effectively without damaging the voice coil
Im sure this wont make sense to everyone but id like to get talk about this if nobody minds.
Alan