Can I use 50RMS speakers with 60RMS per channel amp?

[stanky1219]

for once i fully agree with bubbagumper. stfu! lol

 

[Wildbillpb 10+ year member]

explain to me what was wrong with what i said and dont just say all of it... break it down and let me know

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

I can see what mouth is saying, but he didn't convey it right.

10K watts at some point would cause harm to a 500w speaker, for the most part you can give a speaker 2x the power it's rated for and you'll be good, but at some point the power will start to push the speaker to it's mechanical limits, at 20x the power, gains set properly, and 0 distortion, the speaker will start to fail. Speakers have a rating for a reason, for the most part they're rated a bit low because the company doesn't want to have to warranty dumba$$'s who don't know what they're doing.

Distortion is the number one cause of speaker failure, you can give a speaker more power and it operate safely, but WITHIN REASON! 10k watts to a 500w speaker IS NOT within reason.

 

[Wildbillpb 10+ year member]

Mouth my *** the dude said no amount of clean watts will blow your speakers to a guy asking about 10 watts blowing his speakers.... He could do three things 1) take it as sarcasm 2) think okay my amp won't blow them or 3) go get an amp with to much powa thinking it's okay, and blow his shit. Also I don't know if it was sarcasm or not but the guy under him asked about 10k watts to a type r (500 watts 12" 750 watts 15"). So it was a legitimate thing to say.

 

[misfit138 5,000+ posts]

poop

 

[smgreen20 10+ year member]

I ment no offense to you by saying mouth, calm down. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

 

[Team Maxxsonics 10+ year member]

To get back on topic: yes, your 60 watt RMS amp will be just fine on your 50 watt RMS speakers.