Ok, i might of heard somewhere that if you have upgraded speakers, and dont have a amplifier to power it, it can ruin your speakers. is this true?? ALSO, say i got 1000watts total peak power (as in all 4 of my speakers), and i got a 4-channel 400 watt amp just so i could power each speaker 100 watts. Can this ruin my speakers if i dont get a 1000 watt amp or higher?? because i also heard something about under powering your speakers (as in getting an amp with less wattage than the intended speaker wattages) can also ruin your speakers. are all these true?? thanks...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cilvia &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Ok, i might of heard somewhere that if you have upgraded speakers, and dont have a amplifier to power it, it can ruin your speakers. is this true?? ALSO, say i got 1000watts total peak power (as in all 4 of my speakers), and i got a 4-channel 400 watt amp just so i could power each speaker 100 watts. Can this ruin my speakers if i dont get a 1000 watt amp or higher?? because i also heard something about under powering your speakers (as in getting an amp with less wattage than the intended speaker wattages) can also ruin your speakers. are all these true?? thanks... </TD></TR></TABLE> Aha......... YES
You can have 100watt speakers and run them with a 50watt amp, you can have 50watt speakers and run them with a 100watt amp, it is always better to match them up, and remember, it's better to be overpowered then underpowered. You are more likely to damage the speakers when you under power them, In the 30 plus years I have been installing, I have replaced more damaged speakers, in underpowered systems then overpowered ones, [100 to 1] It's the clipping,distorting amp that burns up VCs. 94

 

can anyone else comfirm all this??

 

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Back from the dead! is this true??? anybody?

 

Good job grave digger.

Pretty much anything fcm says is true