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<blockquote data-quote="FoxPro5" data-source="post: 1841265" data-attributes="member: 562649"><p>Sure, why not. Again just because your amp puts out 400w doesn't mean the speakers see all that power all the time for reasons I already mentioned. It might not be economical, but would be just fine. In fact, you'd be better off with 400w than 50w for many reasons. It all depends on how clean the signal is. Hell 25w could fry them if you drove the amp into clipping for an extended period of time.</p><p></p><p><em>As I've said somewhere else on the site, there's actually no such thing as RMS power. The proper term is average power. I use the term </em><em>RMS </em><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #ffff00">power</span></span></em><em> anywhere that </em><em>RMS </em><em><span style="font-family: 'verdana'"><span style="color: #66ff66">voltage</span></span></em><em> is driven into a resistive load. The purists just hate when someone uses the term RMS power. Since the term RMS power is used by most everyone in the industry, I'll use it here also. It may not be technically correct but it's less confusing for some.</em> <a href="http://www.bcae1.com/2ltlpwr.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bcae1.com/2ltlpwr.htm</a></p><p></p><p><em>Many people ask the question... Can my speakers handle this amplifier or will this amplifier blow my speakers. Well, the truth is that any speaker can be driven by any amplifier. The only time that there will be a problem is when the person operating the system becomes abusive. Most people (and I do mean most) drive their amplifiers well into clipping. I know what your thinking... I never drive my amp into clipping. Well, you must be one of the very few. Generally speaking, if you have friends who are impressed by high volume, you drive your system into clipping. </em></p><p></p><p><em> </em></p><p></p><p><em>No one can tell you if you will blow your speakers with a given amplifier. They may be able to tell you whether or not a pair of speakers will be able to handle a given amount of continuous RMS power. But... since they don't know your listening habits or your ability to hear (or even be concerned about) distortion, they (in my opinion) cannot actually tell you if a given amplifier (with you at the volume control) will blow your speakers. </em></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.bcae1.com/speakrat.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bcae1.com/speakrat.htm</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FoxPro5, post: 1841265, member: 562649"] Sure, why not. Again just because your amp puts out 400w doesn't mean the speakers see all that power all the time for reasons I already mentioned. It might not be economical, but would be just fine. In fact, you'd be better off with 400w than 50w for many reasons. It all depends on how clean the signal is. Hell 25w could fry them if you drove the amp into clipping for an extended period of time. [I]As I've said somewhere else on the site, there's actually no such thing as RMS power. The proper term is average power. I use the term [/I][I]RMS [/I][I][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#ffff00]power[/COLOR][/FONT][/I][I] anywhere that [/I][I]RMS [/I][I][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#66ff66]voltage[/COLOR][/FONT][/I][I] is driven into a resistive load. The purists just hate when someone uses the term RMS power. Since the term RMS power is used by most everyone in the industry, I'll use it here also. It may not be technically correct but it's less confusing for some.[/I] [URL="http://www.bcae1.com/2ltlpwr.htm"]http://www.bcae1.com/2ltlpwr.htm[/URL] [I]Many people ask the question... Can my speakers handle this amplifier or will this amplifier blow my speakers. Well, the truth is that any speaker can be driven by any amplifier. The only time that there will be a problem is when the person operating the system becomes abusive. Most people (and I do mean most) drive their amplifiers well into clipping. I know what your thinking... I never drive my amp into clipping. Well, you must be one of the very few. Generally speaking, if you have friends who are impressed by high volume, you drive your system into clipping. [/I] [I] [/I] [I]No one can tell you if you will blow your speakers with a given amplifier. They may be able to tell you whether or not a pair of speakers will be able to handle a given amount of continuous RMS power. But... since they don't know your listening habits or your ability to hear (or even be concerned about) distortion, they (in my opinion) cannot actually tell you if a given amplifier (with you at the volume control) will blow your speakers. [/I] [URL="http://www.bcae1.com/speakrat.htm"]http://www.bcae1.com/speakrat.htm[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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