Timeline for Why has my tweeter speaker burned up?
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| Feb 10, 2021 at 15:04 | comment | added | Graham Nye | @nick012000 I can't find a Pyle Audio Australian website. However amazon.com.au lists tweeters from a range of brands which all seem to be stating system power ratings rather than component ratings. None of them specify they are system ratings. Presumably Amazon.au is operating in line with Australian law. I assume the tweeter is suitable for the car audio use shown in the OP's Pyle Audio link. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 14:08 | comment | added | Swedgin | @SlowBot 10W is a lot even. For the smallest noticable sound difference you need twice the power. 10W or 40W isn't much of a difference. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 13:54 | comment | added | alephzero | @SlowBot Putting 350W continuously at 20kHz through a tweeter inside a car would leave you clinically deaf within a few minutes (assuming you could withstand the pain level). At the rated sensitivity, that would be like standing close to a military jet engine with no ear protection. As the answer says, this is meant to be used as part of 350W total audio power. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 13:32 | comment | added | Mołot | @nick012000 it wouldn't entitle him to refund in Poland, since he wasn't using it for the purpose it was advertised for. It probably is fit for the advertised purpose of completing a car audio system. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 12:01 | comment | added | nick012000 | @GrahamNye I'm fairly confident that advertising a component this way would entitle SlowBot to a refund in Australia, since it wasn't Fit For Purpose. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 9:24 | comment | added | TooTea | @SlowBot Is is still misleading when the numbers are so clearly ridiculous? There's no way even 40 W steady state could be pushed into such a device without it being thoroughly cooled (either with water or a big heatsink and a fan). Where would all that power go? Think of a 40 W lightbulb and how hot that thing gets how quickly. The coil of the speaker would have done the same. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 0:40 | history | edited | Graham Nye | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2021 at 0:30 | comment | added | Graham Nye | The first paragraph of your linked description states this tweeter "will complete your current car woofer enclosure system for full-range stereo sound reproduction". The advert mentions "car" six times. Whilst I'm sorry you've burnt out your tweeter the advert seems entirely clear that it is talking about car audio use and not standalone transducer use. If you ask Pyle I expect they can give you technical data on standalone use. There's no point putting that into an advert aimed at car audio users as it would mean nothing to them. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 0:20 | comment | added | SlowBot | I did not expect 300 W, but 10 was disappointing. I feel the average person who is buying these products is misled too. Look at the number of posts about failed speakers, replacement coils, etc. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 0:02 | comment | added | SlowBot | It turned out you can't even put 10 W in the device. I think this is an obvious case of false advertisement:. The manufacturer or seller never mention that woofer has to be connected in the description of the product.. This make the "power" number very poorly defined. Thank you for the explanation, though! <br/>What can be used as inexpensive US radiator? | |
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| Feb 9, 2021 at 23:20 | history | answered | Graham Nye | CC BY-SA 4.0 |