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Can a 50watt rms amp blow 100+watt rms speakers?
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<blockquote data-quote="nateberrier" data-source="post: 7684788" data-attributes="member: 612014"><p>NOOOOOOOOBS have no business answering questions.</p><p></p><p>Yes you can blow speakers with an amp that is underpowering them. Too little power will not blow a speaker, but using the gain knob like a volume knob will. If you turn the gains up too high and clip the crap out of a speaker you are basically sending a DC signal to them and they are getting way more electricity than they are supposed to. This is super hard on the amp, your cars electrical system, and it will/can over heat your speakers.</p><p></p><p>Also if youre using the headunit to power your speakers, it will not go to full volume or probably much past half volume before distorting. turning up the bass/treble or any other eq on the deck or ipod will only speed this up. you should never use the ipods eq when plugged into the stereo either.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nateberrier, post: 7684788, member: 612014"] NOOOOOOOOBS have no business answering questions. Yes you can blow speakers with an amp that is underpowering them. Too little power will not blow a speaker, but using the gain knob like a volume knob will. If you turn the gains up too high and clip the crap out of a speaker you are basically sending a DC signal to them and they are getting way more electricity than they are supposed to. This is super hard on the amp, your cars electrical system, and it will/can over heat your speakers. Also if youre using the headunit to power your speakers, it will not go to full volume or probably much past half volume before distorting. turning up the bass/treble or any other eq on the deck or ipod will only speed this up. you should never use the ipods eq when plugged into the stereo either. [/QUOTE]
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