thanks for the explanation I think this explains what I was trying to get at the best as far as the distortion is concerned:

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you have a level below which there is no compression and then a level at which the compression would start to become worth noting which should be considered the max level the speaker can play.




This would be an intersting spec to publish on the website for all the speakers, even though it seems like something you would usually see on a white van speaker box, I think it is actually a useful spec especially when you consider the peaks in music and how loud people listen. One of the satellite HT systems on the KEF site is spec'd to max out at 104db which I dont think would cut it for alot of us.