Wednesday, January 22, 2014

What is the typical amprage in speaker wire when listening to music?

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Assume 8 ohms,100W stereo system, and volume at comfort level. What about car stereo near pain level?


Answer
There is no amperage involved in speakers signal, we talk more of resistance, the thinner the wire the less it is resistant, thus it will take precious power to be delivered to the speaker's coil, and will give bad earing results.

Have a look at this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm_%28unit%29

It might help you understand the fact.

The best wires are those containing copper and gold.

What brand of speakers have the longest life or best quality (least likely to fail)?




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I'm currently thinking about Bose, not trying to go all out and spend a grand on speaker system. I just want a solid 5.1 speaker system that will last me awhile.


Answer
Bose speakers are the speakers most likely to have the shortest life of any speaker at any price.

This is because Bose uses the cheapest lowest quality components in their products to maximize their profits.

With the exception of $20 boom-boxes, Bose is the only company that uses untreated paper cones in their speakers. The one & only reason Bose uses untreated paper cones is to literally save pennies, it doesn't cost that much more to build your cones with treated paper. There's nothing wrong with using paper cones in a speaker if it's treated paper.

Untreated paper is very sensitive humidity & it also dries out easily. Wet paper isn't stiff & dry paper becomes brittle.

http://www.firstadopter.com/fa/archives/001749.html

"Popularity of a name brand doesn't equate to quality. Bose mystique feeds off of its well-targeted audience: the ignorant, ill-informed, mass-market consumers who search for simplified hifi audio solutions in 'all-in-one' chain stores.. Audio newbies often throw out the 'But I heard that Bose is good!' defense, to which I respond 'From who?' Was it a sound engineer, electrical engineer, materials scientist, studio engineer, sound producer, recording professional, musician, Mark Levinson? Ray Dolby? George Lucas? Anyone credible? Or was it your neighbor with the GoldStar walkman, Teac boom box, Funai mini-system, and Sylvania receiver? Perhaps the ubiquitous Bose Ads that they find in completely irrelevant magazines such as Popular Science, Times, Playboy, GQ, People, Astronomy, etc, had some sort of subliminal effect against the better of their judgment?"

The most durable speakers you can buy are JBL speakers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JBL

"While Harman International does not break out the sales figures of their individual brands, it is believed that JBL is one of the largest, if not the largest selling loudspeaker brand in the world."

"JBL gained a reputation as being second to none in the quality of their home loudspeakers."

"By the end of the decade, recording studios in the United States used more of JBLâs monitors than all other brandsâ monitors combined."

"They greatly expanded their presence in the professional field to become the largest professional sound company in the world. JBL became the dominant supplier to the tour sound industry, with their loudspeakers being employed by the largest touring rock acts and music festivals. JBL products were the basis for the development of THX loudspeaker standard which resulted in JBL becoming the premier cinema loudspeaker manufacturer."

"In the home market, they produce a full range of products, from low cost iPod accessories to $30,000/pr statement loudspeakers."

There are other great speakers that are also durable, but JBL is the most durable speaker you can buy.

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"some affordable speakers that will last AT LEAST five or ten years (maybe twice as long at that):"
- Jefferson

FIVE YEARS! Good lord I should hope so. lol Even my Bose 901 speakers I bought back in the 1970s lasted longer than that. It took about 7 years before I had to replace the cones.

With the materials they use to build speakers today, good modern speakers should last you a lifetime. I know if I was building a house & installing in-wall or in-ceiling speakers I wouldn't want to ever have to replace them.




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