can bass tones harm a subwoofer?

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Topic: can bass tones harm a subwoofer?

Posted By: theterminator
Subject: can bass tones harm a subwoofer?
Date Posted: July 18, 2008 at 11:32 PM

Im just curious but can bass tones harm a subwoofer?

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Posted By: whiterob
Date Posted: July 19, 2008 at 1:00 AM

Do you mean just playing a straight tone?

No playing a certain tone won't hurt a sub. A sub can play any frequency without it being damaged. The only limitations are the enclosure it is in. You can harm a sub playing too low a frequency in a ported enclosure but this is not because the sub can't handle the frequencies.

You also can't exceed the sub's thermal and/or mechanical limits.

Posted By: theterminator
Date Posted: July 19, 2008 at 1:07 AM

ok. My box is tuned to 30 hz. So playing 45hz at full volume for 5 seconds at a time will be ok then?

Posted By: aznboi3644
Date Posted: July 19, 2008 at 1:55 AM

depends on the power input.

It will be fine as long as the thermal and/or mechanical limits are not exceeded

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