Which blows up more speakers TUBE or SOLID STATE?

[Munjibunga]

A speaker won't blow unless a user puts more power into it than it can handle. It's not the amp's fault, tube, solid state or otherwise.

 

[B-string]

^ True! People blow speakers, not amps.

 

[99Z3]

Just goes to show you how much wind some folks have!

^ True! People blow speakers, not amps.

 

[Rick James]

He got asked to lighten up on newbies once, refused, and left.

That's not exactly true. He tired of dealing with trolls.

 

[paulraphael]

Has anyone here ever blown a tweeter?

I never have, but am curious, because it seems at least hypothetically that if you could blow anything by clipping, it would be because you're sending a surge of upper harmonics to the speakers. The total power going to speaker may be somewhat higher than the amp's rated power—but it seems more significant that much of the added power is high frequencies.

 

[99Z3]

Not blown a tweeter, but i have had a couple of crossovers crapout on me

Has anyone here ever blown a tweeter?

I never have, but am curious, because it seems at least hypothetically that if you could blow anything by clipping, it would be because you're sending a surge of upper harmonics to the speakers. The total power going to speaker may be somewhat higher than the amp's rated power—but it seems more significant that much of the added power is high frequencies.

 

[Passinwind]

Has anyone here ever blown a tweeter?

Sure; a big feedback wash will make short work of that IME.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Has anyone here ever blown a tweeter?

I blew out the horn in my Bergantino HT210. My then-toddler daughter deposited a piece of metal, unbeknownst to me, into one of the jacks on the back of my preamp. During a gig I heard this tremendous feedback, which I thought was coming from our P.A.. Nope, it was coming out of my setup. Happily, the horn in my HT115 somehow survived.

 

[JimmyM]

That's not exactly true. He tired of dealing with trolls.

That's not exactly true, either. Somewhere in the middle is the truth.

 

[B-string]

The last straw as I remember was a facepalm pic being deleted by a mod. I can only guess there were complaints over BFM's less than helpful responses "at times". He seemed to view it as being "sensored" and stated he was leaving, moving on.

 

[Bill Whitehurst]

I think SS will blow more, but the real root cause is
operator errror.

Years back, I decided ( after some chemical substinses on break )
that I wanted to check out subharmonic content during the last set.

I had an MXR graphic EQ in front of a GK400RB and cranked up
the lowest sliders... a lot.
20, 25, 32 Hz.

Wow!
sounded great...
until the last couple of songs.

I now own an Altec 421 with a VC that is somewhat mushroomed
where it hit the magnet.