How much can Type R 6.5" coaxials handle?

[blownn 10+ year member]

ive bought a pair of type r 4ohm coaxials and im trying to figure everything out before i install them.

i was wondering if they can handle 140rms? because my amp is a crossfire vr354 and is rated as

35x4@4ohm

70x4@2ohm

140x2@4ohm*bridged

would i be able to wire the speakers up to run at 2ohms or is bridging them my only choice to make power

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[jshak07 10+ year member]

I was recommeded not to throw my sax125.2 at a some alpine type r components

 

[blownn 10+ year member]

how well do your speakers take the 125w's?

 

[blownn 10+ year member]

ttt

please someone chip in some information //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

would 140wrms be way too much for type r coaxials??

 

[blownn 10+ year member]

bump

 

[Fiercetimbo17 10+ year member]

Alot they are very inefficient, I had them on like 200w but i also know what im doing.

 

[oldschoolboomer 10+ year member]

i think you would be fine. bridge the amp. 1 coax per side. just use the high pass x-over setting, preferably 80 to 100Hz.

 

[blownn 10+ year member]

i think you would be fine. bridge the amp. 1 coax per side. just use the high pass x-over setting, preferably 80 to 100Hz.

thanks =D

 

[Snwbrdr1 10+ year member]

Mine sound like ballz.. running them and mb comps on a T400-4. high pass for the type r's around 90-100 hz, gain 5 out of 11 in the rear doors of a tahoe????

 

[blownn 10+ year member]

mm dam..so you wouldnt recommend them being powered that high?

 

[Bass911 10+ year member]

About 200 watts a piece, but that means nothing. It just means they're inefficient. I ran 4 off them and IMO I've heard other brands get louder with less power like Focal and Boston.

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

I had 4 type r coaxials and I only ever ran them at 95 RMS on my amp, but I also didn't set the high pass and two of them eventually blew like within a year. My music is country and not a ton of bass, and one blew I believe because that channel picked up interference the other one I have no idea about.

 

[blownn 10+ year member]

say if i were to NOT use the hpf how quick would these speakers blow?

i like midbass and im not going to be able to order my subs,etc till about 2 weeks

 

[Sarthos 10+ year member]

Mine blew in under one year on 95 RMS with country music so if you put 140 to them and listen to any sort of bassy music, fast.

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

I was recommeded not to throw my sax125.2 at a some alpine type r components

Where is your sense of adventure? I am running two Lunar L60x2 amps with one bridged to each set of door components in my Civic! My door speakers contain an Alpine Type R 6.5" woofer and a CDT TW-25 tweeter. I think the Satnet crossover will blow capacitors before I hurt the speakers. I just hope they don't take an amp with them if that does indeed happen.

Anywho, with the gains as far down as they will go, I get 140 watts RMS @ volume level 25 on my Alpine HU. Those little Lunars are capable of outputting 280 watts RMS each I finally found a "newer" amp that gives me great RMS power and headroom in a decent footprint:veryhapp: I guess I will start putting my Linear Power amplifiers up on eBay now