Murphy and the Gremlins

[Kurt Horvath]

Thanks Fred,

The surround on the speakers just turned to dust, with a few pieces hanging on
hear and there, created quite a mess when I took the grills off, the system has
a Kenwood 75W amp. that should handle these speakers. Looked at the web site
very nice, I would invest in a better stereo system but with my failing hearing
it's probably a waste of $'s at this point. Thanks for the info.

Kurt Horvath
95 PT 42
10AC

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Curt Sprenger
wrote:
>
> Fred, GREAT POST, THANKS......I just went through this installing a new
> receiver and new speakers in the patio cover ceiling.
>
> Curt Sprenger
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> On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:42 AM, Fred Bellows 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: http://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).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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