...or Stop Me Before I Ask Again! By accident I was in a different stereo shop asking about speakers. The prices I saw were 50 to 100% more than the prices on the Internet, I just wanted to make sure before I bought on-line. So eventually the talk swung around to why my last speakers blew out. Without any prompting he said the same thing, my speakers weren't getting ENOUGH power. I decided to play clueless instead of irate customer this time. Within ten minutes the salesman had a book out and was drawing pictures and trying to explain terms. I kept on saying 'You aren't PROVING anything, show me HOW underpower hurts a speaker. Give me REAL numbers, saying what is safe and what isn't.' (I wonder where I learned the tactic of asking for proof).
I eventually got the technician to say that if you listened to a stereo with the volume turned down all the time that the speaker would be damaged. I then waved my hand around and pointed out that all the speakers just sitting in their boxes on the shelves were wearing out the fastest because they were getting NO power. He said that wasn't it. He still couldn't explain why, but he was adamant that what he was saying was true. I just said okay. He still thought I was buying the speakers from him! I walked out. Kevin T.
