Speaker Protection using Lightbulbs??
Recently I was looking at the BOSE 301 speakers (NO BASHING!) and came across a webpage (german though) which showed the inside of the speakers. Every BOSE speaker has this " Automatic Protection Circuitry" which prevents the speakers from being "overdriven".
I didnt know what it was but now looking at the pictures and doing some translating, apparently a lightbulb turns on inside the speakers when the voice coil gets hot? This is very interesting! http://www.avguide.ch/index.cfm/show/page.view/uuid/392EFDF8-8A11-97B0-4619C4153CA42F96 Anyone care to explain more? |
I think what it does is use the temp resistance characteristics of the bulb filament to limit the spikes which will heat the filament.increasing the resistance at that moment and threerfor disipating the spikes.or limit them from the resitance as the filament heats.....I believe I read a description of how that works almost 2 decades ago.....
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Hi-end manufacturers avoid this and the use of fuses for protection. The audio signal has to pass through a filament in this case... no thanks!
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Agreed! What's the point of running expensive zero-gauge oxygen-free copper wiring to a set of speakers whose final signal path is a thin piece of tungsten? :confused:
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So when does this lightbulb turn on? When I crank the speakers and leave it cranked?
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Edit -- *I* just checked the US site and they're not mentioned. Just that that speaker has "protection circuitry." Presumably the same light bulb. |
Yeah checked the site and this is known as "Automatic Protection Circuitry" which prevents the speakers from being overdriven at high volumes it says.
All of their speakers have it. |
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One year at CES, Hartley demo'd the durability of one of their big-a$$ subs by hooking it up to an AC line. McIntosh's biggest solid state amp can supposedly be used to arc-weld in a pinch. :grin: |
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Automatic protection circuitry Circuitry protects drivers from being overdriven and provides increased reliability without interfering with the listening experience. |
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Why bother paying all that money for a percieved effect? |
The same folks that do so buy all sorts of snake-oil gadgets...but they have the means to do so. :rolleyes:
I know a guy who mounted large concrete blocks on top of his tract-home priced mono amps to isolate signal path vibrations caused by "capacitor clatter"! |
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