How is wattage distributed?

[Gregory East]

Read this exchange:
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/p ... y00367.htm
and we will take it from there.
Think of the difference of force on a weight vs a spring.

mmmm, sqrt-1, complex integrations, real magic that stuff, I did it many many many moons ago and forgot it all. Shock waves in pipe networks when you close a valve too quickly, that sort of stuff.

[Sydney]

The imaginary unit j is at 1st an odd concept but necessary for all this.
See:
Engineering Acoustics
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Engineerin ... nt_version
esp: Modeling the Loudspeaker as a Lumped System
( This is the basis for T/S parameters )

The concept of phase ( acoustical and electrical ) is a key part of this.

[djohnson573]

Sidney,

Glad to see you back. This is the kind of stuff I love.