[Shotimes] A quick one for all the aftermarket stereo guys....

[Ian Fisher]

When I was doing professional sound stuff, we often times used amps that
were more powerful than the speakers and set the gain on the amps to
80%. We called this the 80% rule. This way, the amp would never be
pushed so hard that it would distort. Of course the signal to the amp
wasn't at full gain anyway. I can blow a 2000 watt speaker with a 2 watt
amp that's distorting (or a 1200 watt sub with a 400 watt amp-anyone
want a blown xtant/Boston sub as evidence?) :(

Ian


-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of van Oss
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 7:48 PM
To: James F. Ryan III; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] A quick one for all the aftermarket stereo
guys....


More watts is not necessarily about more decibels.  At least not for all
of us.

Jim, at least back when I was a teenager --- the last time I paid any
attention to audio matters --- the conventional wisdom was
this:  At the SAME DECIBEL OUTPUT, you got cleaner sound from a MORE
powerful system played at a lower fraction of its potential output,
versus a LESS powerful system played at or near its MAX output.

Maybe audio gear has advanced so that that idea no longer carries any
merit.  Maybe it was a myth even then.  Comments, anyone?

And before you make jokes about my age:  Yes, we had transistors back
then.  The only tubes still in use were in Soviet subs.  Don't ask me
how I know.  :-)

Joseph van Oss


----- Original Message -----
I truly, truly don't understand why you need so many Watts to fill the
interior of a car.... ...A 5000W system in your tiny SHO will slowly
destroy your ears just the same.
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