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Ben M
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So I just bought and installed 4 kicker component speakers with an RMS power rating of 60 (http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=18607).
I've been trying to find an amp that would power these speakers and a sub (which I haven't decided on yet). My understanding is that you want to have an amp that has an RMS slightly less than the RMS rating of the speakers, is this right? I was thinking I'd use two of the channels to power the front pair of speakers at 50 RMS and then bridging the other two channels to power a sub with an RMS rating of 100. I'm not sure if all of this sounds dumb and unreasonable, and I'm pretty sure that a sub with an RMS of 100 is pretty weak. I do drive a small wagon ('95 impreza) so I have that going for me. Anyways, help on my situation would be appreciated. I guess the questions I'm asking are as follow:
When matching speakers with amps, do you want the RMS of the speaker higher or lower than the RMS output of the amp?
Given I have 4 speakers with an RMS of 60, is there any way I could get an amp that could power a sub with an RMS of 200 watts or so?
I'm new to this car audio stuff, so bear with me. Help would be incredibly appreciated.
After doing more research I have more questions.
First off, I can't find the impendence for my component speakers anywhere. It's not even on kickers website. Secondly, I'm trying to understand OHMs but I feel like i'm just punching a brick wall. My understanding is that the lower the OHMs, the more power goes straight to the speaker and the less stable the speakers are?
So if I get this amp ( http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16919 ) and this sub ( http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17400 ) and set it the amp to 2 OHMs, would this all work without distortion/clipping etc.?
or this sub ( http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17400 ) and set everything to 4 OHMs. The thing is, I just want more than 210 watts from my sub, but maybe I'm being stupid.
I've been trying to find an amp that would power these speakers and a sub (which I haven't decided on yet). My understanding is that you want to have an amp that has an RMS slightly less than the RMS rating of the speakers, is this right? I was thinking I'd use two of the channels to power the front pair of speakers at 50 RMS and then bridging the other two channels to power a sub with an RMS rating of 100. I'm not sure if all of this sounds dumb and unreasonable, and I'm pretty sure that a sub with an RMS of 100 is pretty weak. I do drive a small wagon ('95 impreza) so I have that going for me. Anyways, help on my situation would be appreciated. I guess the questions I'm asking are as follow:
When matching speakers with amps, do you want the RMS of the speaker higher or lower than the RMS output of the amp?
Given I have 4 speakers with an RMS of 60, is there any way I could get an amp that could power a sub with an RMS of 200 watts or so?
I'm new to this car audio stuff, so bear with me. Help would be incredibly appreciated.
After doing more research I have more questions.
First off, I can't find the impendence for my component speakers anywhere. It's not even on kickers website. Secondly, I'm trying to understand OHMs but I feel like i'm just punching a brick wall. My understanding is that the lower the OHMs, the more power goes straight to the speaker and the less stable the speakers are?
So if I get this amp ( http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=16919 ) and this sub ( http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17400 ) and set it the amp to 2 OHMs, would this all work without distortion/clipping etc.?
or this sub ( http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17400 ) and set everything to 4 OHMs. The thing is, I just want more than 210 watts from my sub, but maybe I'm being stupid.