"Jamie" t wrote in message
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George's Pro Sound Company wrote:

"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
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the easiest way to overdrive a speaker is to use a[n] amp
larger than the speaker[']s rateing [sic]

Actually, the easiest way to overdrive a speaker is to play it at a level
where it produces audible distortion. But as most listeners have no idea
what distortion sounds like...


OTOH distortion does not destroy speakers, speakers are as happy to play
distortion as clean signal
only when you exceed the heat dissipating ability of the motor do you
burn out a speaker

clipping does not damage speakers and distortion does not damage
speakers, its overheating and over excursion that damages speakers
distortion is one method of achieving overheating, but you can overheat
with a spotlessly clean signal as well




Really?, I'll make sure I don't do business with you.

Btw, distortion due to amplifier saturation, even though the amp is
far belong the rating of the speaker can and does over heat the speaker
coil and thus, can terminate the life of a speaker even rated higher than
said amp.

I'll say no more.

you don't have to
you already stated it was the HEAT that killed the speaker
the distortion was just a means to generate the heat
put a 100% distored signal from a 1 watt amp into a 600 watt woofer and you
will not live long enough to see it burn out.
its NOT the distortion, it's the HEAT
Distortion is simply one way to obtain heat, so is a blow torch and so is a
clean signal with too many watts behind it

it's not the jumping off the bridge that kills you, it's the impact with the
ground
do you understand?

George