Is it OK to use a hifi speaker with my guitar amp?
• I tried a hifi speaker with my guitar amp and it blew up… There is a big difference between guitar amp use and PA or HiFi use of speakers, and in some areas the advice and issues are almost exactly opposite– but both correct in their given areas. In HiFi and PA use you must never let the amps clip. Once you do the amp will begin to deliver significant amounts of energy in relatively high frequencies. A PA of a HiFi rig will have high frequency drivers, whose power handling capabilities are by necessity vastly lower than those of the bass drivers. Normally this is fine as the energy in normal music at these frequencies is also vastly less. But if the amp clips they will receives pretty close to full amp power straight through the crossover and their voice coils will burn out. Clipping happens easier with a lower powered amp, so counter-intuitively, their is a greater risk of blowing your tweeters with a lower powered amp than a higher powered one. But in guitar amps and speakers th
