JL 300/2 too much for ID CTX65CS?

[mjbailey21 10+ year member]

What do you think? I don't care to blow the speakers, rather play it safe. Is a JL 300/2 too much for ID CTX65CS?

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[chaunb3400 10+ year member]

should be fine

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

that amp would be perfect for a set of ctx comps. besides there is a gain on the amp for a reason

 

[jwth2005 10+ year member]

i know ID rates these at 100 watts RMS but has anyone ever run more than that with sucess?

 

[Brian_smith06 10+ year member]

my buddy has a us amp on his ctx comps that puts out 150 per side and sounds great

 

[chaunb3400 10+ year member]

I had a set on my PG Xenon 200.2 and they sounded great and took the power nice too

 

[mjbailey21 10+ year member]

hmmm

 

[redcalimp5 10+ year member]

Easy with the gain, and you're golden like a shower.

 

[mike11202 10+ year member]

great combination i would highly recommend that amp for these ID's, i use one myself

 

[Gs04Aero 10+ year member]

i know ID rates these at 100 watts RMS but has anyone ever run more than that with sucess?

I've talked to the guys at ID and they said that running them over 100wrms was perfectly fine. I'm planning on 165wx2 and they said that would be fine.

 

[Hoodlum007 10+ year member]

You will be fine with 150 watts of clean rms power, my buddy is running just over 150 watts to his CTX's and they show no signs of distress.

 

[loud-n-low 10+ year member]

What do you think? I don't care to blow the speakers, rather play it safe. Is a JL 300/2 too much for ID CTX65CS?

why do that when you have a sundown 125.2 on the way

 

[mjbailey21 10+ year member]

Thanks for the help guys...

Loud-n-low: it's for my setup, the sundown is for my dads!

 

[T3mpest 10+ year member]

Even a one hundred watt amp can be clipped to 200 watts. No matter how big or small the amp if you don't know how to set gains properly, unless the amp is very tiny, you run a chance of blowing a speaker. At least with amp that can produce more power you wont' send it a clipped signal and you can get the most out of the speaker before it begins to distort. Gains for mids aren't hard. Set the hu at 3/4 or so turn up the gain on a track recorded very loud until it's either loud enough or you begin to hear distress. Unless you listen to music like an idiot that usually works well.

 

[Ferendon 10+ year member]

Or, just set your gains to match your pre-out voltage... Takes out the guessing, and no worries of clipping on a properly setup HU.