Here's one for the record books. Many years ago, just for a goof, I ran a bridged RMX5050 power amp into a single 8 ohm Eden 210XST bass cabinet. I think the cab was rated at 300 watts. That's a 3200 watt power amp plugged into a 300 watt speaker. The preamp was a Creation Audio clean boost pedal turned up about half way, and there was plenty of signal going to the amp. Believe it or not, that speaker cabinet played all day long at a very high volume and it didn't catch on fire or even shoot the voice coil out through the front of the cabinet. In fact, I used that cabinet with a regular bass head for another year and then sold it to a guy who is STILL using it. So how was something like this possible? How come the giant power amp didn't blow the Eden cab into the next county?
Well, most bass amps and power amps have some knobs on the front. One of them is usually a master volume control, or in the case of a power amp, an input level control. When any speaker cabinet reaches TOF (threshold of farting), turning down the knob on the amp will in most cases reduce the farting noises and also prevent damage to the speaker. With practice, you can learn to recognize the sound of TOF or any other non-musical sounds coming out of your speakers and use the knobs on the front of the amp to eliminate them.
