Murphy and the Gremlins

[Curt Sprenger]

Fred, GREAT POST, THANKS......I just went through this installing a new receiver and new speakers in the patio cover ceiling.  

Curt Sprenger

1987 PT38 8V92 "MacAttack Racing"

Anaheim Hills, CA
Read all about Southwest Bluebirds and Friends (SWBB) at http://www.SOUTHWEST-BLUEBIRDS.ORG ...Then Join us.

"Host of the Annual Bluebird Quartzsite Rally"

On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Fred Bellows <"nytexcel@yahoo.com"> wrote:

 "Kurt Horvath" wrote:
>
> Murphy has shown up and he brought a bag full of gremlins with him this time.
.....
> The Kenwood speakers finally blew out, I like it loud when I'm driving, I ordered a pair of Infinity Reference 9623i 6x9 speakers.

Kurt, your speaker blowing out may be due
to having a bad amp/loose power connection on your amp/or not having a large
enough or clean enough amp. If you are running your speakers off of the tiny,
"I.C. chip" amp built into your radio/deck, and not using an external,
"discreet" amplifier, it will blow speakers regularly, and most importantly,
not sound anywhere nearly as good as it could with an external amp. There are
some full explanations of these issues on my website: www.subsolutions.com under the "audio
basics" and the "self install" sections, including this excerpt:

 

….Most
speakers will handle more power than you think. What they can't handle is
distortion. Distortion is what an amplifier puts out when it isn't big enough
to play as loud as you would like it to. It's that extra, fuzzy sound over the
top of your music when you reach the limit. All amplifiers distort when you
turn them up past their maximum output limit. Your amp tries to amplify the
small signal from your deck without altering its smooth shape. Your amp has a
"voltage rail" limit of how big it can do that before it chops off
the top and bottom of the sine wave, causing distortion-which will damage your
speakers.

To summarize, if your stereo is not loud enough, or if you've blown a speaker
from distortion (which isn't covered under any warranty) and had to get another
one, buy a bigger amp….

 

So check these before you hook up
your new speakers. `Important to understand, you can use the best speakers in
the world, and they'll still blow from distortion (inversely, you can use
fairly inexpensive speakers and achieve quite high performance, using a "clean"
(low distortion) amp).

 

 

\/\/\…Fred

__________________

Fred & Wendy Bellows

Queen Creek, AZ (so.east Phx)

'90 SP36

"Maunder Maximum"

photos of coach
and upgrades

current location