Quote Originally Posted by davef View Post
Absolutely!



That's a given.....
I followed the previous link of this $20,000 bookshelf speaker and found some NRC measurements. Those measuring the speaker said they they chose to measure the distortion at 85 dB as opposed to the usual 90 dB so that they don't run too much current through the drivers and damage them because of the low sensitivity. I'm really confused. Even though the speaker has low sensitivity you said that the tweeter is supposed to be able to get very loud, meaning that it can handle a low of current without damage. With this implementation of the tweeter did the speaker designer not do a good job of pairing a woofer that can keep up with the tweeter?

This sounds crazy to me that someone would spend a $20,000 on a speaker that they cannot safely drive much past 85 dB.