Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.6.2.17 $; site trsvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!trsvax!mikey From: mikey@trsvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Re: Speaker fusing (particularly wit Message-ID: <55100069@trsvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 14:48:00 EST Article-I.D.: trsvax.55100069 Posted: Mon Jan 14 14:48:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 16:06:15 EST References: <37@angband.UUCP> Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #R:angband:-3700:trsvax:55100069:000:640 Nf-From: trsvax!mikey Jan 14 13:48:00 1985 I think fuses are worthless. First off, how many people blow their woofers because of DC offset? Most amps capable of blowing the speakers have DC sensors that will pull the speaker relay off. You're not going to protect the midrange and tweeters with a single fuse, you'd have to put individual fuses at each element, and I doubt that you could get a fuse that would act fast enough on transients (there won't be a DC offset here, unless you bi-amp or tri-amp) and not blow on loud music. The only purpose I can justify for a fuse is to prevent the output stage from doing a melt-down, not to protect the speakers. mikey at trsvax