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Post by conmoto on Sept 7, 2017 17:31:38 GMT -5
I accidentally had my volume cranked on my Stealth 8s. I assume the speakers are somehow protected to eliminate the possibility of overdriving a driver, but I thought I would ask anyway. I think I read that ribbon tweeters are more susceptible to damage. I ran a 20-20 frequency sweep and didn't hear anything wrong.
Thoughts?
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Post by hemster on Sept 7, 2017 18:34:16 GMT -5
I accidentally had my volume cranked on my Stealth 8s. I assume the speakers are somehow protected to eliminate the possibility of overdriving a driver, but I thought I would ask anyway. I think I read that ribbon tweeters are more susceptible to damage. I ran a 20-20 frequency sweep and didn't hear anything wrong. Thoughts? Hello Moto! (sorry, couldn't resist!  ) You're probably fine. If you had damaged the tweeter, it'll be obvious from that sweep run. Just to be sure though, run it a couple more times. And finally, listen to some music that you're very familiar with. Look for deviations from the baseline on those tracks. Call Emotiva if you find any. |
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Post by garbulky on Sept 7, 2017 18:49:39 GMT -5
It's protected from electronic fault conditions but not afaik overdriving. HOWEVER....if it sounds fine, it's probably fine. Those are rugged heavy duty monitors. They are probably designed for extended listening at the reference level which is 85 db and 105 db peaks. Considering they are mated to 400 watt amps, I have a feeling they are designed to go insanely loud for a reasonable amoutn of time - this being studio work and all that.
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Post by garbulky on Sept 7, 2017 18:50:37 GMT -5
What I'm trying to say is - if by accidentally loud you mean I played it by accident at full volume from my DAC - that's usually reference volume.
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Post by KeithL on Sept 8, 2017 10:04:04 GMT -5
The Stealth 8's are quite rugged...... and they can safely get really loud...... However, it is not impossible to burn out the tweeters if you overdrive them heavily enough for long enough. (We couldn't come up with any sort of protection that would make them 100% impossible to hurt without compromising sound quality.) I accidentally had my volume cranked on my Stealth 8s. I assume the speakers are somehow protected to eliminate the possibility of overdriving a driver, but I thought I would ask anyway. I think I read that ribbon tweeters are more susceptible to damage. I ran a 20-20 frequency sweep and didn't hear anything wrong. Thoughts? Hello Moto! (sorry, couldn't resist! ) You're probably fine. If you had damaged the tweeter, it'll be obvious from that sweep run. Just to be sure though, run it a couple more times. And finally, listen to some music that you're very familiar with. Look for deviations from the baseline on those tracks. Call Emotiva if you find any. |
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