Members semi_divine Posted July 30, 2003 Members Share Posted July 30, 2003 I've got a Mackie srm450 and it has 100 Watts for the highs (the horn) and 300 Watts for the lows (the 12"). Apparantly the total watts is 400 but the way I see things if the highs is only 100 Watts then isn't that a limiting factor? I know I'm wrong on this I just don't know why. I think bass is softer so it requires more watts to keep up w/ higher frequencies. But I don't c how u can add the highs and lows together since they are different. So if the highs were 50 watts and the lows 1000 watts would that cause a balance problem? I'm totally confused and would appreciate any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted July 31, 2003 Members Share Posted July 31, 2003 Originally posted by semi_divine I've got a Mackie srm450 and it has 100 Watts for the highs (the horn) and 300 Watts for the lows (the 12"). Apparantly the total watts is 400 but the way I see things if the highs is only 100 Watts then isn't that a limiting factor? I know I'm wrong on this I just don't know why. I think bass is softer so it requires more watts to keep up w/ higher frequencies. But I don't c how u can add the highs and lows together since they are different. So if the highs were 50 watts and the lows 1000 watts would that cause a balance problem? I'm totally confused and would appreciate any help. Its pretty basic. The lower the frequency,the more power it takes to reproduce it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members semi_divine Posted July 31, 2003 Author Members Share Posted July 31, 2003 OK I get it. It just took me a while to grasp this simple concept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RickJ Posted July 31, 2003 Members Share Posted July 31, 2003 The horn is also quite a bit more efficient than the cone driver. It doesn't need as much power to generate the same SPL. In fact, that 300/100 ratio seems pretty low. The average decent quality horn has a sensitivity upwards of 107dB. An average sub is what, 97? 98? That's a power factor of ten. I'd think it would be better balanced if the ratio was on the order of 1000/100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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