Help this noob understand how to amplify his speakers properly.

[chuckle490 10+ year member]

I'm running two pairs of Pioneer TS-A6874R6" x 8" 3-Way A-Series Speakers in my extended cab ford ranger off my sony cdx head unit.I recently bought and installed a sony xm-1s amp and a kicker 10cvr124 sub in my truck and now I need to amp up my speakers for louder and clearer highs and mids. First of all I talked to a guy who said that a Kenwood KAC-2404S would run my speakers perfectly at 4 ohms. My first question is would this much power improve the loudness and clarity of my mids and highs? what happens if I run my speakers 40-50 wats above rms? becauseit states that each speaker peaks out at 350 watts each. would running every speaker at say 80 watts @ 4 ohms sound bad, or would I just be running the risk of blowing the speakers. How can I run my speakers as clear and loud as possible? thanks!

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[chuckle490 10+ year member]

Nobody?

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

The amp does 40 @ 4 and each speaker is rated for 40w each. Everything should be fine. Never look at the max rating on anything always the RMS.

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

 

[chuckle490 10+ year member]

Thank you very much!

 

[mylows10 5,000+ posts]

any amp that you add to your system will be an improvement over the deck power

 

[chuckle490 10+ year member]

What would happen if I were to install an amp that put out 60 watts @ 4 ohms? would I blow my speakers?

 

[n2audio 5,000+ posts]

60x4 wouldn't be out of line, but you'd want to be careful with your settings.

No bass boost, high pass filter at 80-100 at least, gain set accurately to conservatively.

That would certainly be enough power to risk speaker damage if you do something dumb.

 

[chuckle490 10+ year member]

Hmmm, can you point me in the right direction as to what amp to run. I was told that a Kenwood KAC-2404S would run my speakers perfectly, just because the rms @ 4 ohms matches up, or would it sound better to run a 50 or 60 rms @ 4 ohms amp?

 

[chargdbassbuick 10+ year member]

the difference in most cases is like night and day, when switching from head unit power to aftermarket 4/2 channel amplifier. sets your gains properly and you should be fine !

hope i could help

 

[chargdbassbuick 10+ year member]

What would happen if I were to install an amp that put out 60 watts @ 4 ohms? would I blow my speakers?

you could blow your speakers with 30x4 if you heavily clip the signal. i would match my speakers rms rating with my amps rms rating , set my gains correctly and leave it the hell alone ! lol

 

[OmegaBunny 10+ year member]

If the Kenwood meets your needs I would just go with that.

 

[dbjunior 10+ year member]

Personaly id get an amp capable of almost double rated then set gains properly to 40w at hu max listening volume to help prevent Clipping

 

[maylar 10+ year member]

That amp is a good match for your speakers. The question is, will it be loud enough for you? If you decide later to upgrade speakers again you may be limited by the amp. It's perfectly OK to get a bigger amp and just turn the gain down to match the speakers' needs.