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Say if I was to buy a head unit (50Wx4) and the speakers I bought are 300W Peak Power, 75W Rated Power,
Because I can only feed them 50W from the headunit, does the Rated power of the speakers matter since it is above what the headunit can put out?

I hope that makes sense lol
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That will work fine, and you have watt's left over if you want to add an amp later.
You will have the 4*50 watts power output for now, so you will have 4*50 watts volume levels, this is enough for a lot of people.........
Not me though, I like to have my ears ringing for at least an hour after getting out of the FTO :twisted:

EDIT: So you can run less power(W) to a speaker than it's rating, it's just no good to run more (W) to a speaker than it's rating as this will cause it to break/split/crack and sound crap
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Sweet thankyou. Current speakers are like 6 years old and don't sound very nice
I get paranoid when my music is really loud anyway, thinking I hear sirens or horns that aren't really there.. haha
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crosso wrote:Sweet thankyou. Current speakers are like 6 years old and don't sound very nice
I get paranoid when my music is really loud anyway, thinking I hear sirens or horns that aren't really there.. haha
Yeah, it sucks when there are sirens in the music itself.

I was cruising once, music pounding, the car in front moves over to the road edge. I think cool, I can get past this slow driver now. Then I notice that cars further on than him are moving over, I look in my mirrors and the cars behind me are all on the roads edge..........There is an ambulance on my arse, sirens and lights blaring, the driver looking quite pissed off. OH F**K I think...............Moves over in a haste 8O
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PHIL069 wrote: I was cruising once, sound pounding, the car in front moves over to the road edge. I think cool, I can get past this slow driver now. Then I notice that cars further on than him are moving over, I look in my mirrors and the cars behind me are all on the roads edge..........There is an ambulance on my arse, sirens and lights blaring, the driver looking quite pissed off. OH F**K I think...............Moves over in a haste 8O
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Oh god haha

Just thought I should add, it's a "Full Range 4-Way Coaxial Speaker", won't change anything will it?
From what I was told, that will allow me to get a full range of sounds, but at a lower volume level. Is that right?
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4 way = a grouping of 4 speakers in one = tweeter + mid/high range + mid range + woofer = high sounds through to low sounds = full range = good :thumright:

Lower volume :? I don't understand this term :twisted:
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Thanks Phil, you're a legend :thumright:
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FYI that 50w is approx 18-20 w RMS
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And btw for most at least decent sub/speakers. Over powering them (not by heaps but a little) doesn't really hurt as long as you're not having the gains high and pumping real loud all the time... Eg my sub has total rms handling of 300w rms and my amp is 400rms (both 2 ohm) it's fine because gain ain't on full.
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phi-tec wrote:not having the gains high and pumping real loud all the time... gain ain't on full.
:?
I don't understand these terms either :twisted:
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PHIL069 wrote:That will work fine, and you have watt's left over if you want to add an amp later.
You will have the 4*50 watts power output for now, so you will have 4*50 watts volume levels, this is enough for a lot of people.........
Not me though, I like to have my ears ringing for at least an hour after getting out of the FTO :twisted:

EDIT: So you can run less power(W) to a speaker than it's rating, it's just no good to run more (W) to a speaker than it's rating as this will cause it to break/split/crack and sound crap
So how easy is it to blow/f**k up a speaker if the head unit has less peak power output than the speakers that its running to - without an amp? :scratch:

I always get paranoid turning mine up too much because I dont want to break them :lol:
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Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:That will work fine, and you have watt's left over if you want to add an amp later.
You will have the 4*50 watts power output for now, so you will have 4*50 watts volume levels, this is enough for a lot of people.........
Not me though, I like to have my ears ringing for at least an hour after getting out of the FTO :twisted:

EDIT: So you can run less power(W) to a speaker than it's rating, it's just no good to run more (W) to a speaker than it's rating as this will cause it to break/split/crack and sound crap
So how easy is it to blow/f**k up a speaker if the head unit has less peak power output than the speakers that its running to - without an amp? :scratch:

I always get paranoid turning mine up too much because I dont want to break them :lol:
:facepalm2:

So turn it up you wus :lol:
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PHIL069 wrote:
Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:That will work fine, and you have watt's left over if you want to add an amp later.
You will have the 4*50 watts power output for now, so you will have 4*50 watts volume levels, this is enough for a lot of people.........
Not me though, I like to have my ears ringing for at least an hour after getting out of the FTO :twisted:

EDIT: So you can run less power(W) to a speaker than it's rating, it's just no good to run more (W) to a speaker than it's rating as this will cause it to break/split/crack and sound crap
So how easy is it to blow/f**k up a speaker if the head unit has less peak power output than the speakers that its running to - without an amp? :scratch:

I always get paranoid turning mine up too much because I dont want to break them :lol:
:facepalm2:

So turn it up you wus :lol:
Yeah I know how stupid that sounded.. :facepalm2: But seriously, for example, running bass boost through them and such, at full volume, etc.
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Don't be scared of Bass Boost :lol:
Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol:
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers :twisted:
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PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol:
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers :twisted:
If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible! :lol:
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Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol:
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers :twisted:
If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible! :lol:
If you blow a speaker.........You bought crap speakers :lol:
Didn't you buy Alpines?
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PHIL069 wrote:
Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol:
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers :twisted:
If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible! :lol:
If you blow a speaker.........You bought crap speakers :lol:
Didn't you buy Alpines?
Nope. Ive got Pioneers all round, and a Kenwood head unit :thumleft:

Its not necessarily the volume that im worried about, its more the bass. I dont have any subs in yet, and running all the bass through the normal speakers doesnt seem smart, especially when at higher volumes with some boost up.
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^^^Thats age, not power that done that^^^ ;)

Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:
Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol:
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers :twisted:
If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible! :lol:
If you blow a speaker.........You bought crap speakers :lol:
Didn't you buy Alpines?
Nope. Ive got Pioneers all round, and a Kenwood head unit :thumleft:
Then................Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol: :lol:
mikeey01nzl wrote:Hats off to you too Phil for spending so much time on the phone trying to help someone out, your a top man and only a few would've spent so much time. well done! :salut:
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PHIL069 wrote:^^^Thats age, not power that done that^^^ ;)

Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:
Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol:
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers :twisted:
If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible! :lol:
If you blow a speaker.........You bought crap speakers :lol:
Didn't you buy Alpines?
Nope. Ive got Pioneers all round, and a Kenwood head unit :thumleft:
Then................Turn it up you wus :lol: :lol: :lol:
:facepalm2:

Hahahaha okay, I will. If my car esplodes then its 100% your fault for egging me on. Im a P-plater!
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