Well i was playing Xbox and of course i crank it as loud as it will go, and now (i was playing forza motorsports) When ever i reach a certain RPM on my car, my speakers start to buz and like ring really loud. I took the back speakers and moved them to the front, then they were fine for a while and now i think i screwed up one of those. Did i blow my speakers or what?? And if i did, should i just buy like a cheap bookshelf system (like 500-600w) or should i get a nicer home theater set up? It is just in my bedroom with a 20in TV and i mostly use it for music, but i like loud music with a lot of bass. what whould i do?
2006-06-27 06:53:07 · 5 answers · asked by that_one_guy 3 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Home Theater
How many watts is the stereo you have now? First you have 2 get more watts if your are gonna listen at loud levels. Whats happening now is that you are running the speaker at distortion level. Distortion will blow a speaker quicker than any thing else. I could recommend u buy new speakers but your amp is under powered & you will just end up blowing them too. Get Creative's or Logitech's best 2.1 system. that should help you a lot.
2006-06-27 23:30:48 · answer #1 · answered by artpoz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right the speaker don't clip, the amp clips and this puts a DC component into the coil of the speaker which fries it.
What a lot of folks don't realize is you can fry a speaker with an underpowered amp that clips quicker than you can with a more powerful amp. Voice coils don't like DC current.
2006-06-28 00:03:14 · answer #2 · answered by SRN 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a proper home theatre setup for gaming, and different bookshelves for music, the point is u'll enjoy ur gaming on the home theatre speakers, even at full blast they wont ring or crackle, and for music u can use the bookshelves for tight bass , u like the brass on them
2006-06-27 14:24:59 · answer #3 · answered by geisha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you had it as loud as it will go that causes clipping the signal is breaking up cause you are pushing it to hard so the speaker clips and Fry's
2006-06-27 17:50:18 · answer #4 · answered by Mr nice guy 2U 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
" ...so the speaker clips ..."
No it doesn't.
Clipping takes place in the amplifier.
2006-06-27 19:14:35 · answer #5 · answered by dmb06851 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋