For 75-85 dB a few watts are enough so ...


If most of the time we are using just a few watts from a given amp to get a SPL of 75-85 dB from the speakers why some people said things like "with this speakers you need al least 100-150 watts to make them sing"??
tiofelon
Thank all your for your responses! I got it know! Macd made a good point: it has to do with the logaritmic scale. Doubling the power does not mean to doble the perceived sound presurre level just a 3 Db increse. Thanks again.
You also have to keep in mind that a low powered amp pushing a hard load can clip because of the lack of head room. You may not even know your destroying the speaker beacause of soft clipping.