Carnegie CST-1's, upgraded, is 150 watts RMS near the limit? 500w peaks ok?

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AverageNiceGuy

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Carnegie CST-1's, upgraded, is 150 watts RMS near the limit? I found a spec reference 50-150watts
I believe that clean, short, intermittent wattage spikes as high as 300-400 watts is safe?
I will be using an amp rated at 650 watts per channel. I'm wondering how careful I will need to be?

I understand that they are based on GR N3 design.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EneeArMHC5E&t=3s

I think the tweeters are similar to the GR Neo's
https://gr-research.com/product/gr-neo-3/

I think the woofers are similar to the M130's
https://gr-research.com/product/m130-woofer/



Hobbsmeerkat

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Generally speaking, clipping/over-driving a low-power amplifier is a much larger issue than a high wattage amp will be. So I don't suspect you're going to run into issues unless you somehow manage to blast everything at max volume.

The tweeter is the BG Neo3 PDRW w/deep back cup, which are no longer available.
The GR Neo3 is a custom design intended for open baffle use and are not a drop-in replacement, unfortunately.

The I believe woofers are a slightly tweaked version of M130, but Should close enough to be a drop in replacement.

Unless you're regularly listening at concert to reference levels, (105-115dB) in a large room several meters away from the speakers I doubt you'll ever run into any issues.
But if you want to be safe, and assuming you're using a separate preamp, it wouldn't hurt to had a high-pass filter to your power amps rolling off around 40-45Hz range which will help to protect your speaker from seeing tons of power down low.

AverageNiceGuy

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Thank you