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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54
While I agree that a low watt speaker will "break up" due to "X" amount of power going into it, I would have to warn about this practice. This is something that has been in practice since the dawn of rock. It takes experience to do this. Too much power for too long will end up with a fried speaker. They say that a 25 watt speaker taking 50 watts sounds its best right before it fries.
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I'm not saying to get speakers that are rated for lower than what the amp is putting into them. Take my Super Lead for instance. I run it on a 120 watt cab with four 30 watt Celestions. I also run a Power Brake between the head and the cab itself. In this configuration is where I think it sounds its best.
Now put that same amp with the Power Brake and run it through a 1960A cab with G12T-75s and there's way too much low end there for me. But you still hear a difference...even though the power is limited to my lower rated speakers via the Power Brake, there's still a tone difference between the lower and higher wattage speakers due to the speakers being pushed closer to their power rating. You don't want to exceed the power rating of the speaker by any means, but you definitely get the best tone out of them by pushing them closer to their rating IMHO.
And yes, keep in mind that a 50 watt valve amp can put out WAY more than 50 watts when cranked and distorted.