What causes a loudspeaker to lose its power?

Failures of drivers can be from a physical distortion of the voice coil (going out of round from heat) which will result in driver failure, or in some cases even the voice coil wire acting like a fuse and opening from heat. In any event…no tunes, man. Bummer. Power handling of a loudspeaker system depends upon many things.

Why does the wattage of a speaker not matter?

Because it’s a log scale, it means that for low volumes, you will only be getting a tiny bit more power at every additional increment. If we assume that at maximum power, you have 100dB of sound, it means that for every +1 level of volume, you’ll likely receive roughly a 1dB increase in volume.

How much power does a tweeter speaker have?

And a typical tweeter used in a $500-each speaker will employ a driver that has a power rating of maybe 25 watts, and that should be cause for alarm. Just not a very loud alarm.

Why do some speakers play louder than others?

The problems start when we expect an amplifier or speaker to perform beyond its capabilities. To play music louder, more movement is required of the suspended parts of the drivers; the suspension, voice coil, and diaphragm.

What’s the loudest sound you can get from a speaker?

It follows then that any speaker with a dB rating over 85 is loud. It then becomes a matter of your music taste and where you’re going to use a speaker as to how much above 85 dB you want your speaker to deliver. For inside listening, you probably don’t want to go too much over 105 dBs, which is a loud sound.

How to increase the loudness of a speaker?

Consider a speaker rated at 87 dB (always remember that decibels are measured based on 1 watt of power and 1 meter from the speaker). The rule is that to increase by 3 dB’s; you must double the power wattage. To produce an extra 3 dBs to reach 90 dB’s the power of the amplifier must increase to 2 watts.

Which is louder a 1000 watt or 300 watt speaker?

The 1000-Watt speaker is louder. Again a 1000-Watt speaker with 85 Db sensitivity will produce 115 dB’s but this time the 300-Watt speaker has a higher sensitivity of 93 dB’s which produces a higher 117.5 dBs. The 300-Watt speaker is louder. Some cautions: Distance from a speaker reduces its loudness.