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- From: sehari@iastate.edu (Babak Sehari)
- Subject: Re: Switching speakers on during loud volumes
- Message-ID: <sehari.724447297@class1.iastate.edu>
- Originator: sehari@class1.iastate.edu
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- Organization: Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa.
- References: <Bz6nyz.LF4@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:21:37 GMT
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- In <Bz6nyz.LF4@acsu.buffalo.edu> v064mb9k@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (NEIL GANDLER) writes:
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- > I am designing a device that disconnects a pair of speakers from a
- >stereo recevier when the phone rings. But when the phone is eventually
- >hung up m afraid that suddenly switching back a pair of speakers with a
- >relay during high volumes can sort of "overwhelm" a pair of
- >sepakers and could in fact in the long run cause damage or destroy
- >them especially the woofer. Can someone confirm this. I would appreciate
- >any help. Thanks
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- Put a low pass filter before your speakers. That is find out what is
- the highest frequency of your speaker, then design a low pass filter
- that does not let higher frequencies damage your speaker, at the same
- pass all the lower frequencies unaffected.
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- With highest regards,
- Babak Sehari.
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