To protect you system
b) Recognize and respect the known limits of your equipment.
a) Use adequate clean power to drive the system to required levels. Avoid clipping or overload your
power amplifier.
c) Consider adding a peak limiter, such as the compressor/limiter to your system to electronically limit
potentially damping
d) To get the best performance from a loudspeaker, the amplifier should be rated higher in terms of
watts. It wouldn't be unreasonable to connect a 200 W amplifier to a 100 W speaker, and it won't
blow the drive units unless you push the level too high.
e) Use an electronic crossover to enhance the overall output of the system.
Note:
Each speaker connected in parallel increases the load on the amplifier and can add up to a total load
that may exceed the amplifier's capabilities, leading to possible damage.
1) Wire size:
APPLICATION GUIDELINES:
2) Matching amplifier
To get the maximum performance from your ELAN Series Loudspeaker, Audioplus recommends the
following guidelines.
3) Carefully Monitored Application:
For carefully monitored applications, where the peak transient capability must be maintained, the
amplifier should be capable of delivering twice continuous power rating of the speaker. As an example,
a speaker rated at 600 continuous watts can be safely driven by an amplifier capable of 1200 watts
power output.
4) Routine application:
For routine application where high continuous, but non-distorted output is likely to encountered, the
amplifier power rating should match the continuous power rating of the speaker.
• Two 8
Ω
loud speakers in parallel make 4
Ω
total load.
• Four 8
Ω
parallel connected loud speakers make a total load of 2
Ω
, which is too low for many
amplifiers
?
3
Please use cables of the correct guage in order to obtain optimum performance from your speaker system.
We recommend that your cable should be no smaller than 14 guage. For cables of length 100-250ft use
cables no smaller than 12 guage.
