blowing speakers w/ mp3s

[Hallofwiffleball]

I just bought the Pioneer 8600 with the Orion C-series
Sound great...but now i'm listening to my mp3s w/ the equalizer...
i hear a bit of distortion w/ some of the files i recorded.
i think i better lower the decibal level right? and rerecord them so that they
aren't in the red zone.
If I continue to listen to them at a high volume the speakers will blow right?

[MZ]

> I just bought the Pioneer 8600 with the Orion C-series
> Sound great...but now i'm listening to my mp3s w/ the equalizer...
> i hear a bit of distortion w/ some of the files i recorded.
> i think i better lower the decibal level right? and rerecord them so that
they
> aren't in the red zone.
> If I continue to listen to them at a high volume the speakers will blow
right?

You're no more likely to blow your speakers with mp3s than you are with any
other format - tape, cd, whatever.

[n8 skow]

What sampling rate were the songs ripped at?
128k has very noticeble compression artifacts...
Try 160k or 192k...

n8



> I just bought the Pioneer 8600 with the Orion C-series
> Sound great...but now i'm listening to my mp3s w/ the equalizer...
> i hear a bit of distortion w/ some of the files i recorded.
> i think i better lower the decibal level right? and rerecord them so that
they
> aren't in the red zone.
> If I continue to listen to them at a high volume the speakers will blow
right?

[whitecaddychrom]

remember....


distortion is the leading cause of speaker's being blown out, rip mp3's
at 160 or greater bit sample to minimize distortion, even unnoticeable
distortion can lead to speaker damage over time


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[Chad Wahls]

"whitecaddychrom" > wrote in
message news:1095997690.j4wx3ZO+vwAcMW+w0aqhjw@teranews...
>
> remember....
>
>
> distortion is the leading cause of speaker's being blown out, rip mp3's
> at 160 or greater bit sample to minimize distortion, even unnoticeable
> distortion can lead to speaker damage over time


Oh please tell........


Chad

[Kevin McMurtrie]

In article <1095997690.j4wx3ZO+vwAcMW+w0aqhjw@teranews>,
whitecaddychrom >
wrote:

> remember....
>
>
> distortion is the leading cause of speaker's being blown out, rip mp3's
> at 160 or greater bit sample to minimize distortion, even unnoticeable
> distortion can lead to speaker damage over time

EXTREMELY severe and loud distortion blows out speakers. The distortion
doesn't have the same balance of frequencies as normal music. That can
send bursts of abnormally high power to individual drivers. Extreme
clipping can double the RMS output of an amplifier in addition to
generating distortion. A failing amplifier can damage tweeters by
generating mostly inaudible bursts of ultrasonic frequencies at maximum
output.


The distortion caused by low MP3 bitrates hurts nothing more than your
enjoyment of the music. It's of zero risk to the stereo system.