TangBand power handling with Xover?

Status
Not open for further replies.
If I were to use one of the TB 3" 15 watt drivers with a passive 2nd order highpass from 350Hz and up, what kind of power handling can I expect? I guess what I'm wondering is if the power handling is purely thermal, or if they are mechanically limited by the small Xmax. Anyone have any experience with this?
 
I understand at that frequency the excursion is not very large. What I'm wondering about is whether the 15/30W power rating is given because they can't handle the excursion produced, or is it purely thermal dissipation.
How do they rate power anyway? Is it measured with a sine, and at what frequency? Or, is it measured with white noise? Anyone know what the standard is?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.