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Can someone help me understand why it's ok to over power a guitar speaker if you're using a Solid State Amp?
I own much PA equipment and all of my speakers have Continuous/Program/Peak ratings which for example may be 500/1000/2000 watts. And I always power them right in the sweet spot (in this example...maybe 1500 watts).
Are guitar speakers (like a Vintage 30) be rated the same way. I have a few cabs i use for different situations (Mesa 1x12, Mesa 2x12 and a Mesa 4x12). All of these have Vintage 30's. And from what I can find on the web, Vintage 30's are rated at a 60 watt max. So this would lead me to believe that running 100-200 watts to one speaker will eventually fry it? Are the ratings on the Vintage 30 just conservative? I do obviously hear a volume difference between a solid state and a tube amp, but I am just trying to understand why "a watt isn't a watt" when it comes to over powering your speaker, and why powering your speaker over it's max rating isn't going to damage it? If someone could explain this to me, I would feel much better about plugging my (new) Axe Ulta into a Crown Powerbase 3 and into my Mesa 4x12.
Thanks in advance....
- Newbie
I own much PA equipment and all of my speakers have Continuous/Program/Peak ratings which for example may be 500/1000/2000 watts. And I always power them right in the sweet spot (in this example...maybe 1500 watts).
Are guitar speakers (like a Vintage 30) be rated the same way. I have a few cabs i use for different situations (Mesa 1x12, Mesa 2x12 and a Mesa 4x12). All of these have Vintage 30's. And from what I can find on the web, Vintage 30's are rated at a 60 watt max. So this would lead me to believe that running 100-200 watts to one speaker will eventually fry it? Are the ratings on the Vintage 30 just conservative? I do obviously hear a volume difference between a solid state and a tube amp, but I am just trying to understand why "a watt isn't a watt" when it comes to over powering your speaker, and why powering your speaker over it's max rating isn't going to damage it? If someone could explain this to me, I would feel much better about plugging my (new) Axe Ulta into a Crown Powerbase 3 and into my Mesa 4x12.
Thanks in advance....
- Newbie