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Originally Posted by Valley olds
Now, I am no audio expert, but if you lower down the volume on your head unit, aren't you reducing the amount of watts going to all your speakers? If underpowering speakers were so bad, wouldn't it be bad to bring down the volume on your speakers?
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Thats because those terms are referring to full volume. Underpowering ruins the amp and speaker because at high volume the speaker is drawing more power than the amp can properly put out, which causes the amp and speaker to distort. overpowering ruins the speaker because at full volume the amp is putting out more power than the speaker can handle which also causes distortion. Improper 'gain set' is the same thing pretty much. At least this is what I've been told over the years. If I'm wrong somebody please correct me