@cd318 The reason tweeters are susceptible to damage from an amp clipping is that the distorted (flat-topped) waveform contains huge amounts of high frequency energy that are not there if the undistorted wave had been able to reach a normal peak. In particular, it’s the squared-off leading and trailing corners that are the culprits. After passing through the speaker’s crossover which blocks the low frequency (DC) flat part of the wave, these corners appear as large positive and negative spikes of energy to the tweeter
These spikes only happen during clipping. The sharper the corner, the higher the spike. Normal musical content doesn’t contain nearly as much high frequency energy as these spikes. Tweeters are just not able to dissipate this, and the fine wire of the voice coils will melt like a fuse very quickly.
These spikes only happen during clipping. The sharper the corner, the higher the spike. Normal musical content doesn’t contain nearly as much high frequency energy as these spikes. Tweeters are just not able to dissipate this, and the fine wire of the voice coils will melt like a fuse very quickly.