Dont Use Stereo Speakers
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Dont Use Stereo Speakers
Dont Use Stereo SpeakersFrom detritu--(at)--x.netcom.com Fri May 12 09:12:27 CDT 2000
From: Lord Valve
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps
Subject: Re: Speaker Failure II
Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 23:45:37 -0600
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Lord Valve Speaketh:
My two-word answer was based on thirty years
of experience. I've seen mountains of smoked
home stereo speakers that were used for guitar
amps. I've also seen piles of fricasseed home-
stereo equipment that cheapass bar-owners
tried to use for playing tunes in their bars.
Home stereo speakers are built with compressed
program material in mind...they are for *playback*
of recorded material, not for amplification/reinforcement
of *live* (uncompressed) electric/electronic instruments.
They are also designed to produce a limited soundfield;
when used in large rooms, they are easily overdriven.
Voice-coil wattage ratings, suspension components,
box design, crossover components...all are picked
with regard to use for playback of recorded program
material when home stereo speakers are designed.
Transients produced by live instruments that are
routinely handled by MI speakers can *destroy*
home stereo speakers in milliseconds. The "first
hand experience" I have with this mostly consists
of laughing when someone comes into my repair
department carrying a home stereo speaker that
they fried by playing the guitar through it. Usually
they say, "Hey, it says it's rated at 200 watts
on the back of the cabinet. My reciever is only
60 watts a channel, so why did it blow?" It blew,
junior, because you misused it. If you use a Coke
bottle when what you actually need is a hammer,
you'll wind up with a busted bottle. Period.
Lord Valve
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MindSpring User wrote:
> Lord Valve,
> I think my reply to Ron Sonic fits your answer too. I'm truely seeking first
> hand accounts of equipment failure. I've read many of your posts and am
> honored to you're weigh in on my mine but it's not what I'm looking for.
> Dave M.
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