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- Mazda CX-5 2106.5
I have a 2016.5 CX-5 GT. I usually keep the volume level between 20-42. At times I won't to raise it to 50+, could I blow out the speakers or damage the radio at all if I max out the volume to the highest setting?
Is it okay to max out the volume?
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT AWD titanium/black 2016 Miata Club ST MT white
The RADIO? Doubtful. Streaming from your phone? Possible. Leave your phone volume below max and you can probably crank it too.
If it's too loud... you're too old.
Or you're too old and your hearing is shot. (band)
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Guest2019C20
If you overdrive the amplifier, it will 'clip', and that can quickly burn out high-frequency speaker drivers. 'Tweeters' don't need a lot of wattage to make loud sounds. In a two-way system, the woofer might be able to use 200 watts, and the tweeter might only need 5 to 10 watts. The crossover in the speaker will apportion this power. When an amplifier 'clips', it can end up sending 100 watts or more to the tweeter. Clipped amplifiers create high-frequency tones, at high power levels.
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- Mazda CX-5 2106.5
I'm only 40 but hearing impaired. I tried not to crank it up too loud but like it at a comfortable level. (thumb)
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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Guest2019C20
There's no way your smartphone recording is good enough for us to hear any clipping. You can chose to ignore reality, we won't suffer the consequences.
Now here's some common-sense questions...
1. Was the source (am? fm? radio) signal loud enough to push the amp to clipping?
2. Would a louder source push the amp into clipping?
3. Have you ever actually heard clipping? (I'm not talking about a tube amp for Jimi Hendix's guitar - I'm talking about a solid-state amp)?
4. Do you have any idea why I asked question 3?
Bonus question for self-reflection:
5. Why are you so upset with this topic?
7eregrine
The man, the myth, the legend
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- Land of Cleve
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No need to yell bro. You blew the speakers AND HU? Just by cranking it to max? Sounds like maybe something else at play... Maybe the HU shorted, then blew your speakers?
Look...I'm not saying you can't blow speakers. That would be a bit ridiculous. But car companies try hard to ensure that doesn't happen in stock applications (radio, cd). I know a guy that did blow a speaker using the aux. That's much more likely then FM radio doing it.
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Look...I'm not saying you can't blow speakers. That would be a bit ridiculous. But car companies try hard to ensure that doesn't happen in stock applications (radio, cd). I know a guy that did blow a speaker using the aux. That's much more likely then FM radio doing it.
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Sorry I had to turn the volume up so you could hear it .... And no I did not blow the head unit... I replaced the piss-poor POS with one that actually functions properly, and sounds a whole bunch better... I now have a head unit in which the blue tooth actually works every time, the Pandora and any other function that I want to use actually works... And no the factory radio did not short out, it was played too loudly and burned up the voice coils in the speakers... Adding Amps soon so that I can get the sound louder without distortion and thus not blow up the new speakers...
.... And no I did not blow the head unit... I replaced the piss-poor POS with one that actually functions properly, and sounds a whole bunch better... I now have a head unit in which the blue tooth actually works every time, the Pandora and any other function that I want to use actually works... And no the factory radio did not short out, it was played too loudly and burned up the voice coils in the speakers... Adding Amps soon so that I can get the sound louder without distortion and thus not blow up the new speakers...it doesn't? Tell me why dealers order and replace speakers once in a while, UNDER WARRANTY, then...
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