In Reply to: Dumb Q'n how many filters has the signal driving a tweeter 'seen' (been affected by) before it gets to the HP posted by Timbo in Oz on August 6, 2012 at 20:16:38:
"how effective are the high-pass elements at protecting a tweeter, or midrange driver from excess power, e.g. from a pulled IC when we forget to shut the amp down / turn it down?"
In general further the transient is from the filter passband the better. I'd assume that the tweeter will be fine, the midrange probably although it depends on the filter detail and the woofer toast if the transient is "DC" and it isn't fused.
As you can tell I tend to worry about it a bit also... Dummy loads or series resistors that you short after things are stable can be cheap insurance.
Rick
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