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Originally Posted by kadidle
well im a junior electrical engineering major at UCONN, i have done plenty of electronic work on various things and i pretty sure speakers are measured in watts, they even have it on the back of them
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Well you must be just starting out then.
Amplifiers put out an amplified signal which typically is measured in Watts. The amount of Power (Watts) put out by an amp is typically called out as RMS or Peak, RMS being the more useful of the two. But I'm sure you know that.
Speakers are typically rated at the maximum (Peak) Wattage that they can handle from an amplifier, which is what is printed on the back of them. That doesn't mean you need to get an amp that exactly matches your speakers Wattage handling capacity, it's more of a guideline so you don't overpower and destroy your fancy new speakers. However I do agree that more power is better in order to get the most out of a speaker, as long as it is below the Peak Wattage rating of the speaker.
The signal that is sent to the speakers is converted into sound waves that we can hear by the voice coils in the tweeter, mid (if used) and woofer. The magnitude of the sound waves is typically measured in decibels and called Sound Pressure Level (SPL).
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