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<blockquote data-quote="kross" data-source="post: 3309741" data-attributes="member: 577729">I&#039;ve never seen the Q-logic kick pods, but I remember reading somewhere that they aren&#039;t enclosed at all, that the back is totally open.&nbsp; If that&#039;s true, you would need to fabricate a back for it, otherwise you&#039;re just running your speakers free-air, which will totally negate all of your bass from those speakers.Also, a few words about RMS ratings.&nbsp; No they are not for liability.&nbsp; A speaker that is rated for 50wrms can handle a signal of 50w continuous power for hours and hours on end.&nbsp; You have to remember that normal music has a crest factor of something in the neighborhood of 4 to 10.&nbsp; This means the average power of a song is only about 10%-40% of the maximum power.&nbsp; This means you can set your amplifier to deliver 200watts at maximum volume with a 0dB test tone, and when you listen to an average song at full volume, your speaker will see an average amount of power in the 20 to 80 watt range.&nbsp; That&#039;s what the RMS and peak ratings are on speakers.&nbsp; You can quite often set your amp to the peak rating of the speaker and be fine.&nbsp; See this thread, and look for responses by Manville Smith: <a href="http://www.audiogroupforum.com/csforum/showthread.php?t=4332" target="_blank">http://www.audiogroupforum.com/csforum/showthread.php?t=4332</a>Also, I don&#039;t recommend a 3-way setup to someone without the expertise to properly set it up.&nbsp; Without the proper setup, a 3-way system will sound worse than a 2-way system.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kross, post: 3309741, member: 577729"] I've never seen the Q-logic kick pods, but I remember reading somewhere that they aren't enclosed at all, that the back is totally open. If that's true, you would need to fabricate a back for it, otherwise you're just running your speakers free-air, which will totally negate all of your bass from those speakers. Also, a few words about RMS ratings. No they are not for liability. A speaker that is rated for 50wrms can handle a signal of 50w continuous power for hours and hours on end. You have to remember that normal music has a crest factor of something in the neighborhood of 4 to 10. This means the average power of a song is only about 10%-40% of the maximum power. This means you can set your amplifier to deliver 200watts at maximum volume with a 0dB test tone, and when you listen to an average song at full volume, your speaker will see an average amount of power in the 20 to 80 watt range. That's what the RMS and peak ratings are on speakers. You can quite often set your amp to the peak rating of the speaker and be fine. See this thread, and look for responses by Manville Smith: [URL="http://www.audiogroupforum.com/csforum/showthread.php?t=4332"]http://www.audiogroupforum.com/csforum/showthread.php?t=4332[/URL] Also, I don't recommend a 3-way setup to someone without the expertise to properly set it up. Without the proper setup, a 3-way system will sound worse than a 2-way system. [/QUOTE]

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