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Audio 101 - Can your speaker be too big for your amp???
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<blockquote data-quote="croak" data-source="post: 60211" data-attributes="member: 361"><p>It is more about "control" over the speaker then max spl imo. A more powerfull amplifier should have more available current and its powersupply should be stiffer at the same volume level. As a result it will have more "grip" on the movement of the speaker cones (they do in fact fight back). consider it simmilar to torque on a car. The additional drive units in your example would in all likelyhood present a lower impedance requiring more current too, that aside, the moving mass will be larger so they will fight the amplifier more.</p><p></p><p>It is however completely possible to design two amplifiers that have an identical power rating in to say an 8 ohm load but have vastly different current reserves or capabilities. The one with greater current reserves will likely sound "faster" and punchier with perhaps deeper more authorative bass, (less boomy).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="croak, post: 60211, member: 361"] It is more about "control" over the speaker then max spl imo. A more powerfull amplifier should have more available current and its powersupply should be stiffer at the same volume level. As a result it will have more "grip" on the movement of the speaker cones (they do in fact fight back). consider it simmilar to torque on a car. The additional drive units in your example would in all likelyhood present a lower impedance requiring more current too, that aside, the moving mass will be larger so they will fight the amplifier more. It is however completely possible to design two amplifiers that have an identical power rating in to say an 8 ohm load but have vastly different current reserves or capabilities. The one with greater current reserves will likely sound "faster" and punchier with perhaps deeper more authorative bass, (less boomy). [/QUOTE]
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