| Re: Newbie question on wattage rating of speaker drivers
Geoff... I don't think that is a true representation.
The underpowered myth is somewhat misunderstood. Underpowered systems typically get driven well beyond their capability and the distortion and/or clipping results in excess heat... causing driver damage. These failures are not caused by excessive current delivered to the drivers. I've seen this happen time and time again with inefficient speaker systems being driven by low powered "receivers".
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