okay let's say you were to hook a 3,000 watt speaker to a 1 watt amplifier.
And you turned the amplifier up all the way..
Would the speaker even make sound at all?
And you turned the amplifier up all the way..
Would the speaker even make sound at all?
i'm talking about a brand new crazy huge 18" audio mayhem speaker or something that steve meade has.
is it even possible for such a big speaker hooked to a 1 watt amp to even make the tinyest of sound?
is it even possible for such a big speaker hooked to a 1 watt amp to even make the tinyest of sound?
Hi,
The answer is yes of course it would, you need to understand logarithms,
how they relate to decibels, and the phenomenal range of human hearing.
(As well as a shedload of other concepts and facts related to your interest).
1 watt will give about 80dB for the lowest and about 100dB for the
highest efficiency speakers, the power handling being irrelevant.
rgds, sreten.
The answer is yes of course it would, you need to understand logarithms,
how they relate to decibels, and the phenomenal range of human hearing.
(As well as a shedload of other concepts and facts related to your interest).
1 watt will give about 80dB for the lowest and about 100dB for the
highest efficiency speakers, the power handling being irrelevant.
rgds, sreten.
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In other words, the 3000 watt rating is the maximum power it can take, not the minimum that is needed for it to make sound. An 18" driver is likely 90 db/W or more. It will go plenty loud with 1 watt.
Oh so I can just plug any ole big honken speaker into my little 1 watt amp and be bumpin?
I don't think it works quite that way lol
I don't think it works quite that way lol
No, according to realflow, he is 15 years of age and has a condition. Please be patient and remember participation is not mandatory.
Not any "ole big honken speaker" will "be bumpin" with one watt.
A very large horn loaded speaker with four large drivers could be around 110 dB one watt one meter down at 40 Hz corner loaded in room, and 6-10 dB louder up around 200 Hz.
Is that bumpin' enough for you?
It would take a 90 dB 1 watt one meter speaker 100 watts to do the same, and 1000 watts for an 80 dB 1 watt one meter speaker to do the same.
In the early era of tube amplification, a few watts were all we had, big honking speakers were the only way amplified speech or music could be heard clearly to the back of an auditorium.
Now that amplifier power has become cheap and plentiful, really big speaker enclosures are less popular.
It doesn't. You need to stay in school, or go back pick up Physics 101 to begin to start understanding sound waves. Then you can start getting into speakers and then you can look into how the human ear un-levels the playing field with fletcher-munson curves.
People here are trying to help you understand, but you seem to just wanna be "bumpin" with Steve Meade speakers. If you don't like people's responses, you can always ask your bro's over on the car audio forums.
Real flow .. as you have mentioned in another thread about impedance im sure you are learning.. As long as the impedance of a speakers are not too low for the amplifier you can connect a 1000000 100000Watt speakers if you like.... While experimenting learn about ohms law it looks a little boring to start with but it is very usefull. 1 volt across 1 ohm = 1 amp current. . If we increase the voltage the current will rise.. if we increase the resistance the current will lower. If you have a multimeter a battry and some resistors you can have a mess around and see ohms law in action... Did your amplifier survive driving your blender?????
yes my amplifier still works fine like nothing ever happened..
lol
And did you read? I Said I don't Think It Quite Works That Way.. There's a Lot More Involved Than Just hooking any speaker up in order to get good sound..
lol
And did you read? I Said I don't Think It Quite Works That Way.. There's a Lot More Involved Than Just hooking any speaker up in order to get good sound..
Just one cautionary note: a 1W amplifier could damage (or even blow up) a 3000W speaker if driven far enough into clipping distortion. The other guys are right- the power rating is the maximum amount of power a speaker can take. OTOH, if it designed to handle 3000W, it probably has heavy voice coils, and will not work very well with just one watt. Get yourself a nice, cheap, DIY digital amp (they're cheap for the amount of watts, usually) and rather use that.
Enjoy,
Deon
Enjoy,
Deon
Not so.
A 1w amp driven to completely square wave output will give out (wait for it...)
2 watts!
Not a whelk's chance in a supernova of burning a 3kW coil.
Chris
If you take that very efficient 18 inch woofer and mount it in a very effective bass horn, you will be able to play quite loud with 1 watt. Louder than I'm listening to at normal levels.
But you could also hook that 1 watt amp to a tiny Rogers LS3, and get almost no sound.
Here is a good looking small amp
Streacom TL-1 Tube Amplifier Review - HardwareLook.com
But you could also hook that 1 watt amp to a tiny Rogers LS3, and get almost no sound.
Here is a good looking small amp
Streacom TL-1 Tube Amplifier Review - HardwareLook.com
About 30 years ago I've seen a straight horn of about 7 feet, with a 10" full range speaker, front loaded.
It was at a 200-man theatre behind the screen, pointing right at the screen and was plenty loud with a not so big tube-amp!
Not much bass of course, recordings were not so good, drivers not evolved like they are now.
It was at a 200-man theatre behind the screen, pointing right at the screen and was plenty loud with a not so big tube-amp!
Not much bass of course, recordings were not so good, drivers not evolved like they are now.
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