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Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
Thanks iad for nuancing this discussion! I'm no longer worried about. having an over-powered amp, as long as it's clean power driving my speakers and as long as I don't drive my hearing to deafness.  For my latter concern, I'd advise all to monit... 
Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
agree... with your math😁. And will not even approach 130db in our theater.   
Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
waytoomuchstuff: old enough to be familiar w the Bose901power issues.  To mijostyn and others who warn about TOO LOUD sound: We use an audiometer to monitor our listening room and most of our listening is below 70dB; if we are watching an action ... 
Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
Thanks all for contributing to my education. I play guitar and 5-string bass and have one Fender Pro tube amp with twin 10" speakers and a Fender SS Bassman with four 10" speakers. Guitar amps and speakers differ from high-fidelity amps and speake... 
Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
Thanks! mijostyn!  I follow some Audiogon discussions, but this is my first time to submit a query. Impressed that there are folks out there who as OCD perfectionist regarding good audio as I!  Based on this experience, I'll likely join some other... 
Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
THANK ALL of you for usefully responding to my query. My overall take-home: an underpowered amp driven to clipping seems more likely to damage a speaker than clean power that controls the linear motor of audio transducers. An amp driven at its upp... 
Can a power amp have too much power, risking damage to a speaker?
Thanks much Mike for that info! I'll look for an amp with much lower powered if I get speakers with limited power handling capacity.   
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Linda Ronstadt hands down!  Just listen to her discography.   
Speaker design, KenjiT and others.
What useless Mental-M!  ALL Sound is by-definition PERFECT.  Sound: compression and rarefaction of air within the spectrum of human hearing— let's say between 25 - 20kHz.  I have three "transistor" radios: my Koss, my old GE and an Eton with 2.5" ... 
dose anybody know where to find a firmware upgrade for Velodyne DD-Subwoofer
I have a very nice DD-18 that still has ver 1.2 firmware. I too, would like to upgrade to 2.2.xxx.So disappointed that Velodyne has abandoned customers that brought them to the dance by spending $5K or more on equipment. Wish them-- and the compan...