not enuf or too much watts to speakers -

[velko 10+ year member]

If I have speakers with recommended wattage of 90 and the amp only gives them 75 what happens?

Conversely, what happens with a 75 watt speaker that gets 100 watts continuously? Is this bad?

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[Radar 10+ year member]

If you under power it thats fine, at the same time you can overpower it some and its fine also.

When underpowering just make sure to set your amp gains correctly. This is so you dont end up sending a clipped signal to the speakers trying to compensate for the reduced power your sending it.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

^^^

what he said.

also, i doubt you'd notice such a small difference in power either way...usually takes a 3dB increase (doubling) to make an audible difference.

 

[goodrich 10+ year member]

it also takes twice the power to gain that same 3db.

 

[sumone 10+ year member]

hmm...when I went from 65 watts to 160 watts to my components, not that big of a difference. however, measuring voltage at the speaker terminals, I get no where near 25volts (for an impendance of 4ohm)

 

[3.5Max6spd 10+ year member]

I dont go by power.....I believe power doesn't destroy speakers, distortion does

My components rated at 110 rms, play great at 85-90 rms, and also take 330 rms like a champ- just need to set your gains correctly and have an amplifier withy good speaker control

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

you're right...

power doesn't destroy speakers...i do //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[yamaha326 10+ year member]

^^^^^x2:banghead: