Correction: 89 + 8.4 = 97.4
Purpose of power handling in the specs?
So I’ve never quite understood this: What is the point of manufacturers listing power handling in the specs?
I ask this because I’m now listening to a 89dB efficient speaker, rated to handle between 50-200 watts of power, with a 7 watt 300b integrated. Logic would tell me that even with the volume maxed out I should get almost no volume from the speakers.
Can someone please enlighten me as to the purpose of the power handling specs?
Thanks.
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Maybe part tradition and part guidance. I have typically run speakers with twice the power their rating recommended. Not going for loud but impactful.
I think the guidance is to give a very uninformed consumer something to hang their hat on. So, as an uniformed consumer you buy a cheap $200 amp with 20 wpc and try to make these power guzzling towers sound good… they have given guidance that this was not going to turn out well.
Informed audio folks generally ignore most all of the published stuff… or at least look for anything odd… then look at efficiency and listen to what they sound like. I don;t think I payed attention to power handling in any speaker I have bought in 40 years at least.
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@erik_squires cool calculator thanks. So my 96dB speakers that claim they can handle 600 watts input (I'm driving with less than a watt) will generate 124dB at one meter.... Indeed shocking.
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