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Originally Posted by scary
Now you can all see why you should never ask Andrew about speakers or music.
Something something prodigy big day out…
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Simple version, listen to multiple speakers, choose favourite. Look at average power rating of the speaker.
Amps - Multiply speaker average rating by two. Look at amps with that average output, try various amps until best sound is achieved.
Go home - profit.
Headroom, read bigger horsepower is what saves speakers at volume. You WILL hear a speaker over extend. It's a bit like a pinging engine sort of obvious. Unlikely you'll notice an amp clipping. When an amp can't put out the necessary energy to push a speaker it holds the speaker in a fixed position at the the the nodes of the sound wave. No movement means heat build up - long enough time means melted voice coil. Next is Dead speaker.
*The above theory is so simplified. I for one run a time aligned and EQ'd car system with a 30w rated Sub with a 300W plus amp driving. I have also used my front HT speakers in the early days as studio monitors with 70W speakers being driven by Crown 600W monoblock amps. It's voodoo I tell you*