Overpowering Speakers?

[DidUHearThat? 10+ year member]

Having a big engine in your sports car won't kill you. Driving it like an idiot and not slowing down when it's obvious you should will kill you.

Same thing.

Be reasonable. Listen for distortion. Don't jam them full tilt. You didn't buy concert speakers.

 

[subzero 5,000+ posts]

Having a big engine in your sports car won't kill you. Driving it like an idiot and not slowing down when it's obvious you should will kill you.
Same thing.

Be reasonable. Listen for distortion. Don't jam them full tilt. You didn't buy concert speakers.

I wish they had concert speaker for cars....

I have mine set up at RMS match. and I used the amps to cut bass to just a snare... because I like it loud. My system sounds........ s e p a r a t e d I can hear all the tones but they dont sound all CRAMMED together. If you like it loud then you might have to do like I did and take all the bass out of them. crank it till it sounds dam good and dam loud how you like it. check for distortion. (sub off for this sound check). then slowly adjust your freq response till you find that distortion. Back it down a click or two. and try a different song. keep checking till all sound good and you dont have to mess with it. then turn back down and engage your sub bass frequencies. see how it does. You may have to re-adjust the sub amp freq response to match the speakers. same process, with sub amp. try all songs. and if you have remote gain switch, leave it plugged in and turned down. while doing this.. ( my gain switch starts from my point on the amp, but the remote switch starts from amp point and goes up like I am adjusting the main switch. ) dont know how yours is but with this proceedure you should find the right sound. with out popping you speakers. This worked for me. Sounds killer with no distortion.....

 

[350zspl 10+ year member]

i have always over powered every speaker i have owned

also i have not been without a system since 1986

so in 25 years of over powering i have never blown 1 speaker

also always set eveything by ear never a dmm

that is me though

when overpowering i would recommend that one uses a dmm to set gains

and to be very careful because when overpowering you can blow speakers

if one had to pick either under powering or overpowering i think one can have more trouble under powering