difference of watts

[rick22 10+ year member]

just a quick question. how big of a difference is 25 wrms and 65 wrms. i ask this cuz i finally hooked up my component set and love it but right now it is running off head unit power which is 27/60 watts and the speakers are rated for 65 wrms. so would there be a big difference if i gave it the recommended 65wrms. thanks for te help.

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[dkguitarist 5,000+ posts]

even just amping them will be night and day difference. and yes there will be a bit of a gain on component speakers.

 

[Ruffy 10+ year member]

25watt to 50 watt was a bigg difference for me with same speakers in my jeep. Kenwood Coaxials.

25(Really more like 15rms) Off the head unit, Amped them later to 50watt x 4.

Night and day. Before my radio distorted at 32. After 32 was crystal clear and I could goto 40(The max volume) Without any distortion or clipping. Got plenty loud.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

I have a cheap little crappy amp on my fronts. So much better then driving off HU. Speaks are rated at 50 RMS, and thats about wut there gettin. Much clearer sound. Even on these crappy fronts, it sounds pretty decent for being a cheap frontstage.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

yup, never heard a set of speakers not sound better after being amped

 

[tebo7 10+ year member]

with amp the speakers sound better

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

HU's will not put out more than 6 watts per channel normally. So going from 6 watts to 65 watts would be a huge increase in output.

 

[nferra2 10+ year member]

6 watts, how do you figure. Is that before clipping or is that just all a H/U can put out? Just curious...

 

[JAZN 5,000+ posts]

There's a big difference.