Comments on: The Best 7.1 Home Theater System https://www.thesmartconsumer.com/best-7-1-home-theater-system The Best Consumer Reviews and How to Guides Mon, 01 Mar 2021 04:34:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: thesmart1 https://www.thesmartconsumer.com/best-7-1-home-theater-system#comment-17849 Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:57:08 +0000 https://www.thesmartconsumer.com/?p=2437#comment-17849 In reply to EJC.

EJC
Thanks for the tips. I have to agree with you that in most cases it’s clipping. I will take a look at how I can make this article better.

I actually had a set of 12in W3’s melt. The amp I was running was way overpowering the subs and the heat actually melted the voice coils.

]]> By: EJC https://www.thesmartconsumer.com/best-7-1-home-theater-system#comment-17847 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:16:44 +0000 https://www.thesmartconsumer.com/?p=2437#comment-17847 You are incorrect with your comment on wattage. I have never had a blown speaker because of wattage mismatch (over 50yrs).
Amp Distortion is what will blow your speakers.
I’ve had woofer surrounds go from age. I had BA HD5s (6) where the glue did nor hold up on the surrounds, all woofers were replaced with a different brand and years later they are still fine.

But, i have never had speakers blow from a power mismatch. Actually, I ignore the power rating in the speakers. A low power amp pushed to clipping is more likely to damage speakers than a high power amp that is just pushing out a few watts to get to the same volume level.

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