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How much Power is to much Power
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<blockquote data-quote="stephgirl" data-source="post: 8691823" data-attributes="member: 660189"><p>Thanks that info was so informative. That is why i am on this website. Some here do care to help others and give there expert advice and to inform. Some just want to attack and put down other.</p><p></p><p>So to then make sure to have more power then the speaker is rated for, But like Blazen87 said </p><p></p><p><strong>I feel like there's no such thing as too much power if you set your gains right. Not enough power is always the problem, not the other way around. When you think you have too much power, in reality you barely have enough and need to upgrade. It just gets more expensive as you go up in power. The more headroom you have, the better your entire system operates. </strong></p><p></p><p>I agree then that to much power then just gets more expensive as you go up the power chain. So key is to get a amp that that has extra power or headroom but not so much more power that it just cost more and your throwing your money away. Example a 100w speaker will do just fine on a decent quality amp at 150w or 200w at decent price then to spend a small fortune on a say 500w amp on that 100w speaker. That 500w amp may work fine but it's just over kill and you may be throwing your money away. Also is it safe bet to say that a good rule would be to get a amp that make about 2X rated of speaker rating.</p><p></p><p>Thanks</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="stephgirl, post: 8691823, member: 660189"] Thanks that info was so informative. That is why i am on this website. Some here do care to help others and give there expert advice and to inform. Some just want to attack and put down other. So to then make sure to have more power then the speaker is rated for, But like Blazen87 said [B]I feel like there's no such thing as too much power if you set your gains right. Not enough power is always the problem, not the other way around. When you think you have too much power, in reality you barely have enough and need to upgrade. It just gets more expensive as you go up in power. The more headroom you have, the better your entire system operates. [/B] I agree then that to much power then just gets more expensive as you go up the power chain. So key is to get a amp that that has extra power or headroom but not so much more power that it just cost more and your throwing your money away. Example a 100w speaker will do just fine on a decent quality amp at 150w or 200w at decent price then to spend a small fortune on a say 500w amp on that 100w speaker. That 500w amp may work fine but it's just over kill and you may be throwing your money away. Also is it safe bet to say that a good rule would be to get a amp that make about 2X rated of speaker rating. Thanks [/QUOTE]
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