Eli5 Why do speakers blow out? Shouldn’t they be ableto handle the volume that they are set up to receive?
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Most people are used to plugging speakers or headphones into their computer or phone, but the thing is that the electrical signal sent to the speakers aren’t directly from the computer.
The computer works in digital(1 or 0) signals but that doesn’t work well for music. You want an analog signal(values can be .5). This is where a Digital to Analog Converter comes in. It does what it says on the can, converts the digital ok output of the computer to something the speaker can play. But the output of these devices aren’t very powerful so they go through an Amplifier.
This amplifies the signal but that unit is separate from the speaker and some Amps can be REALLY powerful. Since the amp doesn’t really know or care about what speaker is plugged in, it can blow it out if pushed too hard.
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