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Anyone had an issue of the mounting posts having the wrong thread spacing for the bushings in the body? I have a '78 Gibson RD standard. Got my bridge on Saturday and as I tried to install it, the posts would only go so far and, as I know from doing multiple jobs, when the screw stops, don't...

Or more speakers I guess. Haha.

Proper? I did. Wattage specs are blurry. Determining what amp a speaker can handle at full force without blowing up is tough. Super under powered amp can't hurt a speaker that is rated for much much higher power. I have learned things but the variables still skew a lot of the practcality behind...

But isn't speaker efficiency also measured with a couple or even a single frequency? I have rather efficient speakers and get way too much volume if I crank it and I like that because it creates a safeguard for me and my amp cabinet combo. I typically play out with an Ampeg SVT-4 Pro and now...

Soooo confused. I understand that big numbers move units but why is there not a more simplistic way to rate amplifiers and speakers? Why not use white noise or pink noise with standardized filters that emulate typical full frequency ranges of a specific source (such as guitar or bass)? It's just...

so there's really no way to determine whether or not an amp can blow a speaker without dramatically underpowering based on the given ratings.

I don't want to hijack this thread. Sorry sorry. I just thought I had a solid grasp on it. Companies just need to make ratings a more universal language and the simple understanding of how these things work together more operator friendly. It is a very confusing thing.

So I do understand that ratings can be measured an number of ways as well so saying that you have an amp rated at 500 watts matched with a speaker rated at 500 watts might really be more like a 700 watt total power amp into a roughly 500 watt speaker? Speakers must also be roughly rated as well...

@agedhorse & @Bob Lee (QSC) Would you guys mind chiming in and finishing my scolding for my understanding of how clipping damages speakers. i believe what I am referring to is over powering a speaker due to clipping an amp. Over powering in general is bad but an amp with a 500 watt rating can...

When the power section of an amp goes into hard clipping it will be putting out as close to true square waves as possible (not the scientific idea of a square wave but the physical. It won't be a perfect square wave) the amp will suddenly be spitting a lot more power out and the square waves...

The problem isn't under powering in and of itself. It's clipping. Square waves don't allow a speaker's voice coil to cool as it sends twice the max wattage and voltage to it. So, in essence, a low powered amp doesn't blow speakers, a clipping amp blows speakers.

You right. You right. I brain farted. Typed too many words.

Under powering only hurts if it doesn't give you the volume you want before clipping. Under powering and needing more volume is dangerous. It sounds like you have some super efficient speakers. That's why I mentioned that. Efficient speakers will give you more volume with less wattage. There is...

I want to throw this out. Even if your amp is rated at 400w @ 4ohms and your cab is rated 400w rms and is 4 ohms (most of that is irrelevant just equal power out to input ratings) the same problem is still there. The issue is if you get a solid state amp and drive it so hard as to clip the power...