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In Reply to: RE: Dynaudio's "blown"? posted by freaknhell on October 18, 2009 at 14:06:09
the level at which they should be played. When a speaker or amp, etc. goes into protect mode, you can be sure you're pushing it too hard. You simply ignored that fact and paid the price for it. When you consistently over-drive a component or speaker you invite failure. In the future, consider such lights as abuse warnings, not invitations to excess.
I didn't see any BM16A's on the Dynaudio site; is it possibly the BM6 you mean? Anyway, the BM range seems to be a "nearfield" monitor. Possibly no one had ever explained this to you...They are to be used in an entirely different way than an like a passive monitor speaker for a stereo system. Nearfield means you're sitting up close, within a couple feet, almost like a computer screen. You certainly would not blast the speakers to their breaking point in such a set up. If you are doing that you are acting very foolish and are authentically hurting your hearing. If you used these speakers as stereo speakers for a room and were listening from 12-15 feet or more away from them, then they were not used for the proper purpose, and you simply over-drove them. If you did this unintentionally, then our sympathy; we've all made audio mistakes over the years. What you want is a good passive monitor. These also can be over-driven by a stereo, but they're built for the specific purpose for which it seems you were trying to use these.
The other concern which should be mentioned is the damage to your ears. I'm not saying that this one incident directly caused damage to your hearing, but repeated use of the system at higher dBs certainly can. If you're breaking speakers from operating them past their safety zone, then I would suspect you are a candidate for hearing damage from listening at too high levels. You might not give a d--n now, but trust me, you will in about 25 years, when you need to start wearing hearing aids prematurely.
Yes, you broke them; the question now is whether they are worth fixing. If you can do the repair, then they might be worth salvaging.
Wow. Someone is making A LOT OF ASSUMPTIONS.
Some audiophiles are very hard on speakers while others are not. You seemed like you were inviting discussion based on your incredulity that the speakers failed. :)
No problem at all. I usually listen to them at a very reasonable level, and they fill the room I have them in quite nicely (about 6' from my listening position). I'm using them with a DAC1USB setup. It's just this one time I turned them up a bit loud for a few secs and whammo. Not my usual modus operandi;)
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