I recently purchased a pair of Monitor Audio silver RS1s that I have been very pleased with so far. They are normally used for fairly quiet, everyday listening. However, this weekend I had a party (usual story I imagine) where the speakers were used at extemely high volumes. I think that the amplifier (Marantz PM6002) was clipping at some points, although I managed to keep the volumes high, but below distortion-point on the whole. The next day I was dreading turning the hifi on - worrying that the cones may have been damaged, or the tweeters blown etc. Things seem to be fine, there is no grating sound or distortion at normal listening levels, as far as I can tell (although I am quite paranoid about this). Does this mean that I got away with it? I was wondering if it is possible to cause progressive damage to a speaker by playing music at extreme or distorting volumes. Or is it the case that the driver either burns out or it doesn't - ie. if everything sounds fine now then there is no reason to believe that any damage has been done? Needless to say, next time I have a party I'm swapping in an old pair of speakers!
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Speaker damage worries
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Don't worry if they sound fine then they probably are. your more likely to damage your speakers with an under powered amp than playing them loud. Chill out and stick a nice relaxing CD on...............
Should be fine. I spent 10 years listening to my hifi at full blast whenever i got the chance, using budget amps between 20 and 50w/ch running budget speakers like jpw minim's and mission 731i's. I was always careful to watch for excessive cone excursion and listen for distortion but never had a problem.
On new years i had a party and as usual i listened carefully for distortion but didnt remove the speaker grill's and ended up melting the voice coils on my PMC DB1i bass drivers using a 150w/ch amp. So i think if you've a low powered amp you have to watch for clipping of the amp and if you've a high powered amp in comparison with the speakers, be careful not to over drive them with bass.
The voice coil is fine copper wire so its usually a case of IT WORKS, or its melted and doesn't work.
On new years i had a party and as usual i listened carefully for distortion but didnt remove the speaker grill's and ended up melting the voice coils on my PMC DB1i bass drivers using a 150w/ch amp. So i think if you've a low powered amp you have to watch for clipping of the amp and if you've a high powered amp in comparison with the speakers, be careful not to over drive them with bass.
The voice coil is fine copper wire so its usually a case of IT WORKS, or its melted and doesn't work.
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