What is better??

[Snake]

Sony XS-F6942 270W Max 4-way speaker

or

Sony SX-F6933 340W Max 3-way speaker?

[MZ]

> Sony XS-F6942 270W Max 4-way speaker
>
> or
>
> Sony SX-F6933 340W Max 3-way speaker?

Go listen to them and then tell us.

[Peter Klein]

Speakers do not have watts. Amplifiers are rated in watts.
Japanese car audio manufacturers love to rate their speakers with wattage,
actually indicating the working wattage they can handle without blowing
apart. Speakers are acoustic motors which draw wattage as they need it to
reproduce the musical signal. Small coaxial speakers draw very few watts as
they play. A coxial is a two way speaker-a midrange with a tweeter. Triaxial
is even better with the upper frequencies shared by two small drivers. P.



"Snake" > wrote in message
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> Sony XS-F6942 270W Max 4-way speaker
>
> or
>
> Sony SX-F6933 340W Max 3-way speaker?
>
>

[MZ]

> Speakers do not have watts. Amplifiers are rated in watts.
> Japanese car audio manufacturers love to rate their speakers with wattage,
> actually indicating the working wattage they can handle without blowing
> apart.

Why is it always Japanese vs. American with you? Name an American company
that DOESN'T provide power ratings with their speakers.

> Speakers are acoustic motors which draw wattage as they need it to
> reproduce the musical signal. Small coaxial speakers draw very few watts
as
> they play.

Um...no. Speakers don't determine how much power they need to draw. The
amount of power a speaker dissipates is determined strictly by the voltage
produced by the amplifier and the speaker's impedance (which remains
relatively constant during play). So, in contrast to your contention, it's
primarily the amplifier that determines how much power the speaker will
dissipate.

> A coxial is a two way speaker-a midrange with a tweeter. Triaxial
> is even better with the upper frequencies shared by two small drivers. P.

It's debatable whether or not triaxials are better than coaxials. All of my
favorite two- or three-way speakers tend to be coaxials. Rarely do I
encounter triaxials that sound more pleasing than their coaxial
counterparts.

[Les]

"Peter Klein" > wrote in message
news:ncvnc.13854$536.2603985@attbi_s03...
> Speakers do not have watts. Amplifiers are rated in watts.
> Japanese car audio manufacturers love to rate their speakers with wattage,
> actually indicating the working wattage they can handle without blowing
> apart. Speakers are acoustic motors which draw wattage as they need it to
> reproduce the musical signal.

The amplifier delivers power based on how loud you turn up the volume. You
are a moron peter.

Small coaxial speakers draw very few watts as
> they play.

You are misrepresenting what is actually happening. The higher frequencies
take less power to be "loud" to our ears. 60 watts of a CD Horn is virtually
unbearable. But 60 watts to a subwoofer barely gets it going.

A coxial is a two way speaker-a midrange with a tweeter. Triaxial
> is even better with the upper frequencies shared by two small drivers. P.

Triax speakers, if they are better, are NOT better for the reason that you
say. I think the general consensus, and it has been my experience, is that
Triax usually sounds worse than it's 2 way counterpart.

Les

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"Les" > wrote in message >...

> You are misrepresenting what is actually happening. The higher frequencies
> take less power to be "loud" to our ears. 60 watts of a CD Horn is virtually
> unbearable. But 60 watts to a subwoofer barely gets it going.
>


Uh... Horns are about 20dB more efficient than the average car sub.
That's why they sound louder... they ARE.

Also keep in mind that IF you are assumung the "power vs frequency to
persumed loudness" ratio is a linear function, then a CD horn is a
poor example due to the fact that CD horns need a pretty healthy HF
boost to reach the upper limits of their capibilities. Use a CD horn
without the proper EQ and it will sound like ass.

Chad