In Reply to: how many real world watts can a 20w ribbon tweeter take? posted by thump on February 20, 2017 at 20:59:01:
an honest 20 W power handling capability is probably plenty for a high sensitivity driver unless you're filling an auditorium sized space or you plan to inflict hearing damage.If you want mammoth power handling, do as the pros do and go to a good compression driver & horn loading. Arguably better (lower distortion) than ribbon or planar drivers, anyway.
all the best,
mrh
Edits: 02/21/17
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- The energy content of music in the treble is usually pretty low - mhardy6647 03:05:41 02/21/17 (21)
- RE: The energy content of music in the treble is usually pretty low - freddyi 02:38:41 02/22/17 (0)
- RE: horn tweeters - thump 11:33:33 02/21/17 (15)
- sub 30 watt compression drivers - thump 22:52:13 02/21/17 (1)
- RE: sub 30 watt compression drivers - Hornlover 08:58:34 02/22/17 (0)
- believe as you like (nt) - mhardy6647 14:46:23 02/21/17 (12)
- you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - thump 22:42:36 02/21/17 (11)
- RE: you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - tomservo 16:09:27 02/24/17 (5)
- RE: you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - Inmate51 21:37:01 02/24/17 (4)
- RE: you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - thump 17:41:32 03/10/17 (0)
- RE: you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - tomservo 05:02:26 02/25/17 (2)
- RE: cupped hands distortion - thump 23:27:56 03/10/17 (0)
- RE: cupped hands distortion - thump 23:26:18 03/10/17 (0)
- RE: you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - hollowboy 23:20:28 02/22/17 (0)
- RE: you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - Coner 09:30:54 02/22/17 (1)
- RE: And you can hear up to 40Khz?. Amazing. - thump 17:14:31 03/10/17 (0)
- RE: you've never heard of "cupped hands" distortion? - Hornlover 08:50:14 02/22/17 (1)
- telling what i really feel - thump 01:57:33 02/25/17 (0)
- RE: The energy content of music in the treble is usually pretty low - Bill Fitzmaurice 05:18:18 02/21/17 (3)
- sadly, you can't contact fountek - thump 11:41:34 02/21/17 (2)
- RE: sadly, you can't contact fountek - Bill Fitzmaurice 11:58:27 02/21/17 (1)
- RE: exponential power ratings - thump 23:07:39 02/21/17 (0)