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The danger is that by driving an amp to clipping the overall power increases and exceeds the amp rms rated power. That, in turn increases the power in high f which delivered to tweeters. The wave distortion by itself has only a small contribution.
Again, everyone's picking on you, and I don't want to add to that, but it looks like you bring up good points, then aim them at the wrong targets.
Yes, clipping drives up RMS power... by definition, the root-mean-square of a compressed (or companded) signal will be higher.
Low frequencies CAN become saturated more quickly than high frequencies. Take this
Rane page for instance. It seems to be an absolute smoking gun for your side of the argument. And the author HAS made sure to use examples that will support his theory perfectly.
I have taken issue in the past on a lot of Rane's corporate theories.. especially their clinging to damping factor as the be-all end-all in wire choice.
I gotta split, though... can't finish my train of thought until later.
Bren R.
