New Speakers
Everyone has gotten so used to blowing the stock speakers though so it makes them think all speakers are like that...lol!
What's your budget and I can PM you with some specific suggestions that will fit your price range and still work well.
What's your budget and I can PM you with some specific suggestions that will fit your price range and still work well.
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No, not really. I don't care how bad a 100W amp clips - it won't blow my Fi Q12. And clipping a bit doesn't blow speakers at all. Bob Lee from QSC has made several posts about it on AVSForum if you feel like looking for them.
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Never said clipping a bit will blow them - I know that....my HT sub is living proof. That falls into the real of "powered properly" IMO.
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What people often misunderstand is that underpowering is not what kills speakers - distortion kills speakers (particularly clipping). The underpowering comment comes from running any speaker on an amp that has been cranked up to the point where it's clipping. You can run speakers on an underpowered amp all day as long as you keep the volume within the levels the amp can handle without distortion. In other words, it's the distortion from pushing an amp too far (rather than the amp being underpowered) that causes damage.
I think we can generally agree that clipping is bad, though. Not only is it more likely, even if only slighty so, to blow speakers, but the cleaner, non clipping amp will sound better anyway. SO, clipping = bad, regardless of the severity. Avoid clipping.
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Well, of course. I just wanted to quell the myth that clipping automatically means a blown speaker. whitebird already stopped the "underpowering" myth. Just FYI, if clipping kills a speaker, it's actually called overpowering, not underpowering. By increasing the amount of time the signal is at its maximum, you are increasing the short-time average power. Take any amplifier that is operating into clipping, and remove the voltage restriction so that it is no longer clipping. You've just increased the power even more and it's even worse for the speaker.
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I would give the fosgate setup a 3.5 on a 10 scale.
With the Mb Quarts (now in all 4 corners, still no amp....) I have had other audio guys ask me when I installed a sub. I would rate my system a 6, only missing REALLY low bass at high volumes.
MBQ speakers are all german engineered and assembled by hand. the only other speaker I have thought of using recently is Focal. Also a hand made speaker, but for the price I was underwhelmed with low freq response.
Just my two cents.