Just a Watt question

crosso · Post by **crosso** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:31 pm

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

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:37 pm

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

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

crosso · Post by **crosso** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:43 pm

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

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:52 pm

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

crosso · Post by **crosso** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:11 pm

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

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?

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:25 pm

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

Lower volume

I don't understand this term

crosso · Post by **crosso** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 10:29 pm

Thanks Phil, you're a legend

phi-tec · Post by **phi-tec** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:18 am

FYI that 50w is approx 18-20 w RMS

phi-tec · Post by **phi-tec** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:21 am

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.
HTH

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 12:27 am

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

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:04 am

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

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?

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

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:08 am

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

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?

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

So turn it up you wus

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:13 am

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

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?

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

So turn it up you wus

Yeah I know how stupid that sounded..

But seriously, for example, running bass boost through them and such, at full volume, etc.

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:18 am

Don't be scared of Bass Boost

Turn it up you wus

You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:19 am

PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers

If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible!

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:21 am

Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers
If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible!

If you blow a speaker.........You bought crap speakers

Didn't you buy Alpines?

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:24 am

PHIL069 wrote:
Daniel2019 wrote:
PHIL069 wrote:Turn it up you wus
You should hear the hell power I pump through my speakers
If I blow a speaker im holding you responsible!
If you blow a speaker.........You bought crap speakers
Didn't you buy Alpines?

Nope. Ive got Pioneers all round, and a Kenwood head unit

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.

Post by **Vectose** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:26 am

If you blow a speaker, you can have mine........

PHIL069 · Post by **PHIL069** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:27 am

^^^Thats age, not power that done that^^^

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

Then................Turn it up you wus

Daniel2019 · Post by **Daniel2019** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 2:29 am

PHIL069 wrote:^^^Thats age, not power that done that^^^

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

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

FTO AUSTRALIA