Is it fine for Amp rms > speaker rms?

[braindrift 10+ year member]

Going to use 60 rms speakers per chan

What rms per chan can amp have (want to use 100 rms amp per chan (more useful in future))

What clean amp recommendations do you have for 4 x 60rms 4ohms speakers?

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[jbizzle 5,000+ posts]

Sundown 100.4

 

[braindrift 10+ year member]

$150-$200

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

its ok for the amp to be more powerful than the speakers...just set the gains properly...and as long as its not all to overpowering...you wouldnt want 250wrms going into a speaker that handles only 60 or 70wrms

 

[braindrift 10+ year member]

so is a 100rms per chan amp fine and if so is there any info to set gains properly in such a case?

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

yeah that should be fine...what speakers are you using...as for the settings and whatnot...you can usually tell by ear if its too high...if its too high the speakers will sound like crap...one way to do it is by setting all the boosts on the amp to the lowest...turn the head unit all the way up(or to where u know ull never go any higher)...and then adjust the knobs until u hear something bad...then lower it down...and adjust it a bit lower...im sure there are other ways to do it but this way seems to work for me

 

[braindrift 10+ year member]

front

http://sonicelectronix.com/item_7755_Focal+165+A1.html

rear

http://www.onlinecarstereo.com/CarAudio/ProductDetail.aspx?ProductID=17545

add sub later

 

[braindrift 10+ year member]

and amp i have in mind

http://www.sonicelectronix.com/item_9860_MB+Quart+Premium+PAB+4100.html

question: does channel separation mean anything i see alot of high priced amps having low values

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

ooh...nice stuff...ive never really mixed speakers like that but they seem ok...a good four channel amp should be fine for that...just an fyi...phoenix gold has component rsds if u were interested...as for an amp...ive never used this but a lot of people like an elemental designs nine.4..ill look for some other ones

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

yeah mb quarts are great amps...as for channel separation...ive never really figured that out...

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

oh are you looking more over sound quality or how loud it gets...or a bit of both?

 

[braindrift 10+ year member]

sound quality

 

[hrtbrk1 5,000+ posts]

hmm old school ppi amps, old school hifonic amps, ed nine.4, the mb quart amp u listed are some good choices...i cant really think of the rest right now...and from what i hear...the pg rsd comps are really great sounding speakers...u shud try to match that with ure 2 way pg rsd for the back...plus its cheaper than focal