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Where is the weakest link when things get big?
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<blockquote data-quote="JimGore" data-source="post: 104366" data-attributes="member: 3"><p>No flaming needd. You are correct in saying that a 3 way speaker *should* be better than a 2 way. This obviously depends on many things including the drivers, cabinets, and the effort the designer put into the crossover.</p><p></p><p>Headroom doesn't have all that much to do with the electricity coming into an amplifier. The power in your average house is more than enough to sustain a couple of kW worth of amplification. In a car, they like to use those huge capacitors to help the battery out at times however. I get a feeling that those big batteries are not all thate *fast* at responding to power surges.</p><p></p><p>Headroom in this context rather means how much acoustic power your amplifier can produce before it goes into clipping. It also measures how much more power your speakers can take before becoming distressed.</p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Ian.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="JimGore, post: 104366, member: 3"] No flaming needd. You are correct in saying that a 3 way speaker *should* be better than a 2 way. This obviously depends on many things including the drivers, cabinets, and the effort the designer put into the crossover. Headroom doesn't have all that much to do with the electricity coming into an amplifier. The power in your average house is more than enough to sustain a couple of kW worth of amplification. In a car, they like to use those huge capacitors to help the battery out at times however. I get a feeling that those big batteries are not all thate *fast* at responding to power surges. Headroom in this context rather means how much acoustic power your amplifier can produce before it goes into clipping. It also measures how much more power your speakers can take before becoming distressed. Regards, Ian. [/QUOTE]
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