Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site philabs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!cmcl2!philabs!brb From: brb@philabs.UUCP (Brian Bertan) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: AR speaker info wanted Message-ID: <27453@philabs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Mar-84 15:41:57 EST Article-I.D.: philabs.27453 Posted: Tue Mar 20 15:41:57 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Mar-84 08:33:23 EST References: <1840@tektronix.UUCP> <352@dual.UUCP>, <240@opus.UUCP> Organization: Philips Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY Lines: 22 The following was said of the AR-11 speakers: >>Just remember when buying these to use them with an amp of<< >>modest power. 30 watts per channel is more than enough to use.<< I just had a party and I played VERY LOUD music through a pair of AR-9LS speakers, which have the same tweeter found in some of AR's less expensive models. I was using a Carver amp rated at 300 watts/channel into 4 ohms. The amp overheated and shut down, so you can imagine how much power was used, and my AR's tweeter did not blow (the amp should not have shut down -- I hear Carver amps have this problem but we can flame about it some other time). I agree with nbires!rcd's statement regarding low power amplifier's. A high power amp supplying clean power is less likely to fry a tweeter than a low power amp that clips and delivers horrible harmonics. Brian Bertan Philips Labs Briarcliff Manor, NY {allegra | decvax | seismo}!philabs!brb (914) 945-6309